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 a patch in your garden, mounding up and amending the soil afterward, and holding it in place with a low frame installed on the ground.

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 ...

8. Use the double-digging technique. If you want to know how to till a garden without a tiller and improve your soil at the same time, consider double digging.