How much time and effort do you spend on your garden’s foundation? The soil is your plants’ nutrient source, and it can have a massive effect on your backyard crop haul. With this in mind, many ...

If you have a garden or landscaped yard, you’ve probably heard about the importance of tilling your soil. Essentially, tilling soil is breaking up and turning the soil. Regularly tilling your soil ...

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 ...

No-till gardening: Gardeners are divided over the need to till. Tilling — mixing in soil amendments and loosening the ground with a garden fork or a rototiller — is an established method for starting ...

We’re heading into that time of year when the trees and shrubs go leafless, and most of the ground vegetation dies back. That means deer will be turning to what’s left for their meals, i.e. your ...

Have you ever noticed that meadows and forests grow merrily without being tilled, amended or fertilized? Centuries ago, German gardeners did, and they began making garden beds the same way nature ...

Thank you for all the positive comments we receive about these articles. I enjoy helping out, so I am glad to answer any questions to submit to my editors. Q. My gardening friends tell me not to till ...

Tilling in the fall is a bad idea, unless you follow up with a cover crop or mulch, according to new research. While we're waiting for the snow to melt and pea-planting time to arrive, let's see what ...

Recently, I was working with a group of community gardeners who had been planning to purchase a mechanical tiller for their garden. While the discussion started with the question of what type and size ...

Tilling your garden can be helpful in certain situations but harmful in others. Tilling has both benefits and drawbacks when it comes to your soil. So should you till or not when preparing and ...