Double digging is an alternative approach, one that capitalizes on the soil’s inherent ecological processes, while making it loose enough to plant in right away. The basic premise of double digging is ...

Double digging. The mere mention of it gives gardeners nightmares. What could be more back-breaking than excavating 6 to 12 inches of soil from a garden bed, and then transferring the dug-up soil from ...

This practice was started in 16th-century France, where French Intensive gardening, also known as biodynamic gardening, helped produce a lot of yield in less space. By using methods such as deep ...