Want to save your aching back from double digging or rototilling in the garden? Kevin Marini has a plan for you. Marini, with the Placer-Nevada Master Gardeners, is a big proponent of no till ...

While spring is the ideal time to begin digging and growing a traditional vegetable or flower garden, plenty of planning and other tasks can be done at any time of the year. Gardeners spend most of ...

Tilling soil is a spring rite of passage for professional landscapers and weekend gardeners alike. Soil tilling helps your plants grow deep roots, taking advantage of all the nutrients locked deep ...

Question: I was reading a mystery novel, and one of the characters mentioned that the garden had been double dug. I was wondering, is that still a common practice? Answer: It probably isn’t, but it ...