Tilling has both benefits and drawbacks when it comes to your soil. So should you till or not when preparing and maintaining your garden? That decision depends on several factors, and no one answer ...

“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, ...

Edward H. Faulkner, author of the 1943 agricultural book "Plowman's Folly," is credited with the creation of no-till farming. The definition of “properly managed” no-till has evolved and is a source ...

With recent warm and sunny days we are hankering to get outside and into the garden, even though it is still February. Among decisions of readying the garden are whether or not to till the soil.

A volunteer with AmeriCorps tills the garden at Sisters of the Holy Family on Thursday, August 2, 2012. Several volunteers till and grow vegetables for the Sisters. (David Grunfeld, NOLA.com|The Times ...

Q: I've been reading that the traditional advice of tilling the vegetable garden every year is wrong. I'd be curious to get your opinion. A: I agree - the old advice is counter-productive. Regular ...

Can a no-till garden really grow healthier plants with less effort? In this video, we put the no-till gardening method to the test and take a closer look at how it stacks up against traditional ...

Get ahead of weeds by tilling early, removing perennials by the root, and mulching well before planting to stop summer weeds before they sprout. Use methods like hand-pulling, hoeing, newspaper or ...

MOBILE, Alabama-- One thing about growing up here in the Deep South: We know how to dig holes. We're really good at digging holes for ourselves, holes so ambitious and deep we have a hard time getting ...

Few of us can imagine gardening without the labor of digging. It seems, after all, that this is what you should do, what everyone always does and always has done to make a garden grow. The idea of not ...

Last March, I started a new bed in front of my home. I sprinkled bloodmeal over the grass, covered with corrugated cardboard, then 3-4 inches of leaf compost and topped with (yes) a solid 6 inches of ...

As the days get shorter and the temperatures drop, it’s time to start thinking about prepping your garden for winter. Conventional wisdom has it that tilling the soil—digging it up to loosen the ...