{"id":847,"date":"2017-08-11T08:31:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T16:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/?p=847"},"modified":"2025-03-29T18:48:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T01:48:56","slug":"current-examples-ruth-stouts-no-work-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/current-examples-ruth-stouts-no-work-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Examples of Ruth Stout&#8217;s No-Work Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People still love Ruth Stout&#8217;s no-work, no-dig, permanent mulch gardening methods, as described in her book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/gardening_without_work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gardening Without Work<\/a>. Here are some recent blogs posts from people who use Ruth&#8217;s methods in their own gardens:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localxpress.ca\/columns\/growing-food-with-greg\/growing-food-with-greg-gardening-the-easy-way-677180\">Growing Food With Greg: Gardening the Easy Way<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localxpress.ca\/columns\/growing-food-with-greg\/growing-food-with-greg-gardening-the-easy-way-677180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/vmcdn.ca\/f\/files\/localxpress\/images\/al\/growing-food-with-greg\/072117-ruth-stout-method.JPG;w=630\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greg even includes a video, &#8220;How to Build a No-Till Garden in Six Minutes&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5LIYckw8cPg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesurvivalgardener.com\/an-excellent-no-dig-garden-demonstration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>David the Good&#8217;s No-Dig Garden Demonstration<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And over on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesurvivalgardener.com\/an-excellent-no-dig-garden-demonstration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Survival Gardener<\/a>, David has collected videos of no-dig gardening from the large-scale to using an old tire as a planter.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kXcC0rVhkF0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3O0CJNp0OqE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p>These are just a few examples of the thousands of gardens worldwide using Ruth Stout&#8217;s methods.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-449\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ruth_stout_gardening_without_work_cover_200px.jpg?resize=134%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" \/>Don&#8217;t have your copy of Gardening Without Work yet? 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