Articles about Gardening and Digging
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Gardening Articles
This is the Index of links to our articles on home gardening, small-scale agriculture, and fruit and nut crops..
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How To Loosen And Improve Clay Soil
Techniques to naturally convert your hard clay soil into a nice loam.
Guide to Easy Weeding
The Stale Seed Bed technique was used to control weeds before the days of herbicides
DIY Deer Alarms that go Bang!
Made from rat traps, string, and percussion caps. They sound like a gun firing.
Garden Weeds: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Is a weed good or bad, or just misunderstood? Learn the pros and cons of weeds here.
How to Naturally Control Garden Weeds
A variety of weed control methods appropriate to home gardens are covered in this article.
Compost Tractor: Makes new garden beds
Learn how to create fertile garden beds at the same time you are composting.
Killer Compost - DIY Herbicide Test
Residue on composted scraps can damage your crops. Learn the Green Bean herbicide test.
Antique Tractor Weeders
Weeding and cultivating tractors from yesterday provide ideas for today. Great photos!
Sweet Corn Growing Guide
Everything you need to know: varieties, planting, weeding, pollinating, and more.
Fruit, Nuts and Berries
Tips of planting, growing, and processing these perennial food crops.
Garden Hoe related articles...,
How Many Types of Garden Hoes Are There?
48! But they divide into just 5 categories. See how each group can reduce your garden labor.
Adjust a Garden Hoe To Fit Your Height
Learn how to change the blade angle on the most common hoe. Your back will thank you!
How To Use a Grub Hoe
It is the human-powered rototiller. Instructions for quick and easy digging and tilling.
How To Use a Grape Hoe
Tips for using a grape hoe to quickly and easily weed garden paths and other large areas.
How To Use a Stirrup Hoe
Use the stirrup hoe head on our Switchblade Hoe to weed along garden rows and around plants.
How To Use a Wire Hoe
Use the wire hoe or wire weeder head on our Switchblade Hoe to easily control young weeds.
How To Sharpen a Garden Hoe
Weeding is easier if your hoe's edge is sharp enough to cut weeds off at the base.
Kuwa: Grub Hoe as a Martial Arts Weapon
Ancient farmers used this tool as a weapon. Modern martial arts practices still feature it.
Adjust the Switchblade Hoe
How to adjust height and angle of Switchblade Hoe for comfortable and efficient weeding.
Broadfork related articles...,
Why And How To Do Soil Aeration
Easily improve your garden soil by deeply aerating with a broadfork
Wood or Metal Broadfork Handles?
There are pros and cons to each type. Figure out which is best for you.
Wheel Hoe related articles......
What is it used for? How to use?
Learn what wheel hoes are used for, and tips on how to use them.
Advantages of Using a Wheel Hoe
Affordability and increased efficiency are just two advantages.
Difference between a single and double wheel hoe?
Learn what the difference is and how it effects the tasks done by each type of wheel hoe.
Wheel Hoe Buying Guide
A comparison of wheel hoes and cultivators sold in the USA. Includes pricing and attachment options.
Attachments for ALL Brands of Wheel Hoe
All the available attachments for all five brands of wheel hoes.
Cultivating with a wheel hoe
The purpose and basic methods of cultivating soil with a wheel hoe.
What Does a Wheel Hoe Hiller Do?
Learn what a wheel hoe Hiller is, and how to hill for weed control.
Plowing with a Winch
See how a common winch is used to power plows and cultivators in Russia. Lots of cool videos!
Power of the Back Cut
Tips from a customer for getting the most from your Oscillating Hoe attachment.
Rototiller versus Wheel Hoe
Compares a large Grillo rototiller to a Hoss wheel hoe for different small farm tasks.
History of Planet Jr Cultivators
Learn why wheel cultivators were the king of garden tools from the 1890's to 1920's.
Is a Wheel Hoe Worth it?
Yes! Explore the benefits over garden hoes and rototillers.
Garden Seeder and Planter related articles...
Garden Seeder Buying Guide
Comparison of garden seeding methods and equipment. Includes push seeders and jab planters.
Seed-to-Soil Contact is Important
Grow better faster crops by optimizing your seed to soil contact.
Potato Planting and Harvesting
Learn creative small-scale agriculture methods to grow a big crop of potatoes.
Why I still use a Jab Planter
Read the story of using this tool to plant a half acre of corn.
Working and Turning the Soil articles...
Five Uses of a Garden Spade
Turning soil, edging, de-sodding, transplanting, and digging are all covered.
Double Digging
The step-by-step method to double dig garden beds. Also a quick history.
Manual Digging Articles
This is the Index of links to our articles on manual digging, trenching, and soil moving. Also our popular Drainage Guide for home and yard problems.
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Trenchers and Trenching Guide
Covers both powered and manual trenching tools and techniques for DIY projects.
Digging through Rocks and Roots
How to use a pick, mattock, or digging bar to break through hard soil, roots, or rocks.
How to use a Sharp Shooter Shovel
Tips for using a Sharpshooter shovel for digging narrow shallow trenches, and for transplanting shrubs.
Scoop Shovels on the Farm
Julie tells us all the things they shoveled and scooped up on her family farm.
Digging Tool Storage
How to safely organize and store your long-handled tools.
Unusual Wheelbarrows
Special purpose wheelbarrows that can out perform the conventional ones.
Drainage and French Drain Guide
Everything you need to know to find and fix your yard's drainage problems.
- Step1: Analyze the problem
- Step 2: Design the drainage system
- Step 3: Position the system in your yard
- Step 4: Evaluate the results
- How to install a French Drain
- Find the slope of your trenches
- Drywell design and installation
- Foundation problems and downspouts
- Which pipe to use (and not use)
- Pipe connectors for best results