sustainable gardening

  • How to Find Free (or Cheap) Soil for Your Raised Garden Beds

    How to Find Free (or Cheap) Soil for Your Raised Garden Beds

    Many gardeners like to use raised beds to grow their bounty — they create a lovely border, limit weeds, and are easier on your back — but they can also be quite costly to fill, especially if they’re more than a foot high. You don’t need to buy several bags of soil to get good…


  • Why You Probably Don’t Need to Till Your Garden This Season

    Why You Probably Don’t Need to Till Your Garden This Season

    As the days get shorter and the temperatures drop, it’s time to start thinking about prepping your garden for winter. Conventional wisdom has it that tilling the soil — digging it up to loosen the structure and break up weeds, either by hand or with a power tiller — should be your first step. But…