If you live on a property with clay soil, then you know how hard it is to grow a lush lawn. The compact structure of this ...

Here at the Strategist, we like to think of ourselves as crazy (in the good way) about the stuff we buy, but as much as we’d like to, we can’t try everything. Which is why we have People’s Choice, in ...

No matter how big or small your garden is, the soil occasionally needs upkeep. Tilling, or aerating the soil, is an essential part of maintaining healthy soil. Tilling helps get rid of weeds and ...

For any garden too big to manually loosen the soil with a digging fork – which, unless you relish hours and hours of back-breaking work, means any garden consisting of more than a couple four-by-eight ...

Whether you’re planting flowers, vegetables or grass seeds, the first step to ensuring healthy growth is properly preparing the soil. Soil that’s too hard and compacted won’t allow your plants’ roots ...

After a photo of my vintage Ariens tiller ran in the local newspaper here in California, a friend announced that she had acute "tiller envy." I understood her perfectly because a good tiller can help ...

CORVALLIS – When you walk about your yard on a wet day, do your shoes stick in the mud? Could you make ceramic pots out of the soil in your garden? If the answers are yes to both, odds are you have ...

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 ...

Is there any way to break down clay soil? I would like to plant a garden and some fruit trees, but I can only dig down a couple of inches before I hit the clay soil. A: You're on the right track ...

My grandmother’s vegetable garden had the most wonderful rich, dark, crumbly soil I’ve ever seen. A powered tiller would have been a luxury in her world. Instead she set me to work “spading” it; ...