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Ask a Master Gardner: Digging into the No-Dig method

University of Vermont Extension Master Gardener Rob Kurth led a soil health workshop for gardeners at a community garden in Essex Junction this past summer as part of his “No-Till Community Garden Education” project.
Photo courtesy of the UVM Extension Master Gardener Program
Photo courtesy of the UVM Extension Master Gardener Program
April 27, 2023
Trends come and go, but in gardening, one that seems here to stay is the no-dig, also called the no-till method. How does the no-dig trend supplant thousands of years of tilling history?
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