Trench Composting: The Buried Secret Behind the Most Productive Beds in the Garden
After fifty years of gardening, I’ve tried just about every composting method under the sun. I’ve turned piles until my …
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What’s Wrong With My Compost? The Complete Troubleshooting Guide for Every Common Problem
After fifty-some years of composting, I can tell you this with absolute certainty: every gardener, no matter how experienced, has …
Bokashi Composting: The Japanese Fermentation Method That Handles Meat, Fish, and Dairy
Bokashi Composting: The Japanese Fermentation Method That Handles Meat, Fish, and Dairy I’ll be the first to admit, when my …
Worm Composting: How to Set Up a Vermicomposting Bin That Fits Under Your Kitchen Sink
I still remember the look on my daughter’s face the first time I told her I was keeping worms under …
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 …