The Complete Kitchen Garden: An Inspired Collection of Garden Designs & 100 Seasonal Recipes, by Ellen Ecker Ogden, is a delightful book that combines vegetable garden design, organic gardening tips, and recipes.
THE MYTH: Till vegetable gardens every year.
THE REALITY: For hundreds of years, an annual rite of spring has been to till the garden to get it ready for planting. However, current evidence indicates that annual tilling really isn’t necessary, and may actually harm the garden instead of helping it.