Digging can sometimes play a role in improving a site's resilience and utility. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She ...

The spooky Halloween event is live in Grow a Garden, with Part 1 kicking things off with cool pets like Headless Horseman and Bone Dog, plus profitable seeds like the Poison Apple. After a strong ...

Find out the ideal depth to loosen soil in new planting beds, depending on what you're growing. Garden beds should be at least 8 inches deep and 12 to 36 inches deep for plants with extensive root ...

If you’re planning to install a new garden bed next spring, fall is a good time to do the digging to prepare for it. Before you plant a new area, you should improve its soil by digging down about 6 to ...

If you’re struggling with all the bad news in the world right now – climate change, the food crisis and more – it can feel hard to know what to do. One activity that can help, and one which our plants ...

Whether you live in a suburban neighborhood and tend a backyard garden, or nurture soil-filled growbags on a sunny window ledge or rooftop in Brooklyn, your efforts will be more productive, beautiful ...

At the risk of being obvious - a no-dig garden is one you don't have to dig. It sits above the ground and doesn't have soil. But it contains plenty of other good stuff - such as layers of organic ...