Planting in Beds However you decide to organize your garden and however you decide to loosen your soil, planting in beds instead of individual rows is one of the most powerful actions you can take for the health of your Read more
Some Bin Ideas to Get You Started on Your Own All gardeners have their favorite bin styles, and there are countless good ideas—more quality methods and quality bins than could be adequately described on any website. But no gardener’s preferences Read more
To Bin or Not To Bin | To Mix or Not to Mix Whether you use a bin or not, which bin you use, and whether or not you mix your compost on a strict schedule misses the point: that Read more
Making Your Own Compost It’s probably become clear that adding cured compost is the best way to increases your soil’s fertility and grow amazingly healthy and productive plants. It has all of the macro-and micro-nutrients plants need and contains the Read more
Benefits Applying mulch to your garden is a wonderful way to add organic matter to your soil. Plus, adding mulch has several other very useful benefits. Adding Organic Matter Although it doesn’t typically contribute nearly the volume of organic matter Read more
Adding Cured Compost Why Building your soil by adding cured compost is the best way to get your soil back to the ideal of five percent organic matter for two reasons: One, it’s typically the fastest way to add organic Read more
Dealing with Sod & Persistent Weeds Sod is the matted, entangled roots and vegetation of grassy areas. It makes adequately working the soil extremely difficult. Also, any of its remaining clumps regrow easily, creating a weedy mess that competes heavily Read more
Building Raised Beds If you prefer, once the soil underneath is loosened (via trenching, bastard trenching, double digging, a digging fork, mounding with a rake after tilling, or even just tilling), you can also make raised beds to corral your loosened soil Read more
Tilling Only but Keeping Beds with Paths If tilling and raking your own mounded beds is too much work, just add compost and till your whole garden as usual and skip pulling up the path soil to create higher, mounded Read more