By Tim Miller

As we head into a 2018 which will probably bring us the usual extremes in temperatures and conditions, it seems that this should be a time for us all to modify and tweak our gardening techniques to meet this challenge. One method I have found that works very effectively on my farm is called trench composting.

It has a fairly simple set-up, takes most of the work out of composting, and could help to create bountiful crops in all of the organic vegetable patches in Hays County. The on...