Does anyone remember Ruth Stout? Over a half-century ago, she pioneered what she called her “no work” vegetable gardening method. It wasn’t completely “no work,” but it was a lot less work than a ...

Ruth Stout's no-work gardening method recommends using heavy mulch to maintain a weedless garden. The No-Work Gardening Method suggests using heavy mulch in your garden to retain water and discourage ...

Stout used “spoiled hay,” which was apparently abundant around her, but claims just about anything will work. She argued that the mulch would compost, block weeds and conserve moisture all at the same ...

Ruth Stout, born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1884, lived to the ripe old age of 96. She was an early proponent of organic gardening and was also (as seen from her writing) a sweet, funny, intelligent and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The birthday gift of “The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book” was intended as a joke, bought less for the radical home horticulture advice inside than for the ...