Cold Composting: The Lazy Method That Still Produces Black Gold
I’ll let you in on a little secret. For most of my gardening life, I thought composting had to be …
The 18-Day Compost: How to Turn Kitchen Scraps Into Rich Soil in Under Three Weeks
After fifty years of gardening, if you told me I could only pass on one skill to the next generation, …
Cover Crops: The Free Soil Amendment Most Home Gardeners Have Never Tried
Cover Crops: The Free Soil Amendment Most Home Gardeners Have Never Tried After fifty years of growing vegetables, I can …
Biochar: The Ancient Soil Secret That Locks Carbon and Improves Your Garden for Generations
I first stumbled across biochar about fifteen years ago, long before it became a buzzword in gardening circles. A friend …
7 No-Dig Gardening Problems (And Exactly How I Solved Each One)
When I converted my vegetable garden to no-dig methods twelve years ago, I thought I’d discovered the perfect solution to …
No-Dig Gardening Success: How to Build Incredibly Productive Beds Without Ever Turning Soil
I spent my first twenty years of gardening turning soil like my life depended on it. Every spring, out came …
DIY Liquid Fertilizers: Make Powerful Plant Food From Weeds, Manure, and Kitchen Scraps
There’s something deeply satisfying about feeding your garden with fertilizers you’ve brewed yourself—watching weeds and scraps transform into potent plant …
Soil Testing Decoded: What Your Results Mean and How to Use Them
I spent my first ten years of gardening guessing what my soil needed, throwing amendments around like confetti and hoping …
7 Warning Signs Your Garden Soil Needs Help (And How to Fix It)
Your plants are talking to you every single day—through their leaves, their growth rate, even the creatures living in the …
Clay, Sand, or Containers: How to Build Perfect Soil for Every Garden Situation
Every garden situation presents unique soil challenges, and I’ve worked with just about all of them over the decades—from rock-hard …