Recently, I was working with a group of community gardeners who had been planning to purchase a mechanical tiller for their garden. While the discussion started with the question of what type and size ...

Tilling your garden can be helpful in certain situations but harmful in others. Tilling has both benefits and drawbacks when it comes to your soil. So should you till or not when preparing and ...

SAN ANTONIO – It’s planting season! We are starting a new segment called Gardening with KSAT. I, Sarah Acosta, am attempting to bring our garden beds in KSAT’s courtyard back to life. I’m starting by ...

Tilling in the fall is a bad idea, unless you follow up with a cover crop or mulch, according to new research. While we're waiting for the snow to melt and pea-planting time to arrive, let's see what ...

Tilling is as synonymous with farming and gardening as compost and muddy boots. It’s used to eliminate weeds and break up hard soil so that tender seedlings may grow. So, it may come as a surprise ...

Old habits are hard to break. I discovered that I had a bad habit when the recommendations came out for COVID-19 to stay healthy. I didn’t realize how often I touched my face, used my fist for a cough ...

Tilling has both benefits and drawbacks when it comes to your soil. So should you till or not when preparing and maintaining your garden? That decision depends on several factors, and no one answer ...