If you have a garden area that’s hard to reach with a rototiller or even a shovel, consider sheet composting (sometimes called no-till or lasagna gardening). For example, I had a narrow plot ...

Lasagna gardening may sound like the most delicious pastime, but it doesn't actually refer to growing the tomatoes, herbs, and wheat that you could turn into the classic tiered pasta. Instead, it's ...

Cold, wet weather brings opportunities to sit in front of a warm fire. But if you get out now to do some sheet composting, you'll be smothering weeds, feeding the soil, attracting garden worms and ...

Switching up your yard usually means ripping up the grass, tilling, and fertilizing the soil to prep for new vegetation, but why not just cover it up? Sheet mulching uses a simple form of composting ...

I got a press release today from Oregon State University Extension Service about an easy way to start a vegetable garden (or any kind of bed). It's called lasagna gardening or sheet composting. To ...

“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, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Keyhole gardens, which originated in Africa and now are available in kits from Costco, could unlock an efficient, Earth-friendly new way of gardening for ...