Tillage’s impact on soil carbon is also important to companies that pay farmers to reduce tilling to help meet corporate ...

What Is No-Dig Gardening? While it might seem counter-intuitive to grow a garden without digging, take a moment to consider how forests and meadows grow in nature with no help from us. Leaf litter and ...

With the crack of dawn, somewhere, a gardener trudges into their garden. They squat down on the garden bed and start digging the soil with a shovel. For them, it’s as harmless as a cup of morning tea.

It can be hard to resist on a sunny spring day, but don’t start digging in the garden too soon. “You can prevent a lot of problems from compacted soil if you wait a while,” said Spencer Campbell, ...

See the whole process from sowing to 'earthing up' to harvest, by pulling not digging. Potato plants easily root into ...

image: A team of scientists from RUDN University and the Dokuchyaev Soil Science Institute developed a method for identifying the color of soil at different depths and the structure of soil profile ...

As days become warmer, gardeners get ready to dig. But digging too soon can be a mistake, according to experts at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. “There’s a danger that you will compact the soil by ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Soil health may not sound like a major issue if you don’t live or work on a farm. “We don’t have a food shortage yet, but we’re on our way if we don’t take care of our soil,” said ...

A garden may appear to be perfect on the surface and still fail spectacularly underneath. That rich, dark soil might promise ...