Methods to Both Add Organic Matter and Loosen Soil Digging/Tilling Methods Trenching, Bastard Trenching, and Double Digging—An Overview Trenching Bastard Trenching Double Digging Double Digging’s Finer Points Loosening Soil with a Digging Fork Tilling and Raking Your Own Mounded Beds Tilling Only but Keeping Beds with Paths “No Dig”/“No-Till” Methods (which don’t typically loosen soil, but can be adapted to do so) Clearing Existing Vegetation for “No-Dig” / “No-Till” Beds “No-Dig” / “No-Till”: Adding 6″ of Cured Compost Building Raised Beds