No-Dig Gardening: How To Start One And 4 Reasons To Try It

Spring has sprung, and while the weather is still predictably unpredictable for the time being, it has me anxiously awaiting the day I can get out and do some gardening! To tide myself over until then, I’ve been perusing the internet to brush up on gardening tips and tricks, and that’s how I stumbled on the idea I’ll be sharing with you in today’s post!

It’s called “no-dig gardening,” and while it’s an idea that’s new to me, the concept is thought to be hundreds of years old. It’s a system of gardening rooted in the belief that the common practice of tilling does more harm to the soil than it does good.

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Practitioners of no-dig gardening believe that keeping your garden’s soil undisturbed is better for all of the microorganisms and living creatures living in it that make it fertile and keep plants happy. It’s supposed to have some other nice benefits too, so let’s explore four of the most compelling ones, shall we? :-)

At the very least, tilling your garden to prepare for planting takes time. But unless you own your own tiller and have it at the ready, it can also take a lot of effort!

For many of us, tilling either requires a trip to go rent one and bring it back home, or a lot of manual labor in the form of shoveling. Either way, the fact that no-dig gardening requires zero tilling can save you a lot of time and back-breaking labor!

One of the major issues with tilling and digging is that you can inadvertently end up bringing weed seeds and roots to the surface, where they can germinate and take over. By not digging, you’ll leave these unwanted garden additions undisturbed beneath the dirt.

The no-dig gardening method also utilizes layers of