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 ...

I can't promise you won't break a sweat, especially in hot, humid climates, but "no dig" gardening is much easier than dragging out the shovel to turn the soil and get your garden ready for planting.

No-dig gardening is often praised for its soil benefits, yet it comes with tradeoffs that aren't always obvious. Timing, cost ...

If you have an interest in gardening, then you’ve probably heard the term no-dig gardening thrown around a lot over the past couple of years. You may even be familiar with its other alias, ‘lasagne ...

Here are some of the important things to keep in mind when thinking about starting a no-dig/no-till approach. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, ...

No-dig gardening is simple. Rather than digging to create flower beds, no-dig involves layering organic materials like compost, cardboard, and mulch on top of the existing soil — using just your hands ...

“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, ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Gardeners are increasingly practicing an Earth-friendly set of gardening principles collectively known as no dig. In the garden, they have found that less ...

What's to love: The book provides a variety of projects for children and families to learn about the "no dig" gardening technique while growing flowers and vegetables together. What does it do: Garden ...

In school, most people learned that gardening involved planting a seed in soil, making sure it had the right amount of water and sunlight, and watching it grow. Of course, there’s a lot more to it ...