"It’s so cute!" Gardener shares ancient technique to prepare garden for changing seasons: 'Keep pushing on your ... journey' ...

If you’re wondering how to remove grass for a garden, no-till gardening is the best method. It’s easy, eco-friendly, affordable, and really works. That sounds like a bad infomercial, but it’s true.

Even after all her work, Elizabeth only has about 5 inches of decent material with a super-hard layer beneath. No-till gardening is the hottest thing since faux wood panels on station wagons. It ...

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 ...

“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, ...

I had heard of no-till farming, but did you know about no-till gardening? According to this piece from the Christian Science Monitor, the same concepts of organic no-till farming can be applied on a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Exploring no-till farming practices quickly and inevitably leads to a discussion about weeds. How do you ensure the desired crop doesn't have to compete with weeds without plowing the field and ...