“Be ye not afraid of doing something your venerable ancestors did, for the benefits to your aching back may be many” (Author anonymous) We all know that gardening involves a lot of hard work: hoeing, ...

Whenever someone gets into a hobby they often develop their craft and fine-tune it over a long period of time. Figuring out what works, does not work, and what learning tips and tricks of the trade.

In the wild areas on our planet, trees, bushes and grasses grow on ground that has continual additions of new layers of dead and dying plant matter. Leaves fall from trees and shrubs, grasses dry in ...

While the practice of no-till gardening is not new, information has traditionally centered on agricultural field crops. Now, home gardeners are catching on. “The concept of no-till has been around for ...

This lower-maintenance technique is so much less tedious. Starting a garden involves a lot of prep work before you can really get to the good stuff. Traditionally, you'll need to clear the ground of ...

Here are some of the important things to keep in mind when thinking about starting a no-dig/no-till approach. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, ...

What’s your gardening style? The way we garden can determine whether we are increasing or decreasing greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Carbon has been on my mind lately following the release of ...

It used to be an article of faith in gardening that you must begin the whole enterprise by turning the soil, either with a shovel, spade or the frenzied paddling of the rototiller. The rationale was ...

In the wild areas on our planet, trees, bushes, and grasses grow on ground that has continual additions of new layers of dead and dying plant matter. Leaves fall from trees and shrubs, grasses dry in ...