If you’ve ever stared at a bag of “premium garden soil” at the big-box store and winced at the price, this is for you. I’m going to show you how to stop throwing away money (literally, in your trash can) and start making the richest, darkest soil you’ve ever seen. I’ve been playing in the
I remember sitting on my tiny balcony about fifteen years ago, staring at a single, sad-looking tomato plant in a plastic pot. I had this grand vision of a lush, Italian-style terrace overflowing with greens and heavy fruit. Instead, I had a sun-scorched vine and a lot of concrete. I thought, “There’s just no way
I’ll be honest with you—about twelve years ago, I thought I was a gardening prodigy because I’d read three books and bought a shiny new spade. I spent three hundred dollars on heirloom tomato starts, dug some holes in my backyard, and waited for the bounty. What I got instead were stunted, yellowing vines that