Once you have added the soil amendments, turn the soil one more time -- hopefully you will still have that rototiller! You want a nice, smooth texture so those new roots have the best chance of ...

A common misuse of rototiller is overtilling. Numerous passes with the machine makes the soil too fine and uniform. Finely ground may work for your coffee, but as for your garden soil, small ...

I have a 15x30-foot area of grass on one side of the house that I would like to convert into a vegetable garden area for next season. What is a safe and effective way to get rid of all that grass? Is ...

Dear Neil: I live in an area where centipede grass grows fairly well. I was tired of my old lawn that was overrun with weeds so I applied a grasskiller to get a fresh start. I waited two weeks, raked ...