True gardening hoe: Use the hoe to weed and to create depressed rows for planting seeds. Get one four or five inches wide and about two inches deep. Spading fork: Use it to turn the soil, loosening it in the spring and turning in compost you’ve added. Since we got rid of our rototiller, we […]

Beans: They come in many types: thin, flat and those grown for dried beans. Whichever type you chose, they are easy to grow and produce a lot. Cherry tomatoes: These are easier to grow than full-sized tomatoes. If you’re like us, you eat as many in the garden as ever make it into the house. Leaf […]

If you have good soil, garden in the ground. It’s easier because you don’t have to build beds and add soil to them. But if you have ledge, rocky soil, lead in your soil or perhaps you have trouble bending down to reach the garden, use a raised bed. In sum, in the soil is […]