What would it take to convince you to double-dig your garden 24 inches deep—by hand? Are you willing to heap compost directly in your beds, rather than a distant pile? Would you space your plants so closely, their leaves touch?

Known as biointensive agriculture, these practices are part of an organic system of gardening that focuses on increasing yields in small spaces. Biointensive farming or gardening also aims to use less water and energy than traditional gardening methods, while sustaining and even building soil that's healthy, vigorous and alive with many different kinds of microorganisms.

Biointensive gardening focuses a lot on the quality of the soil. When farmers use biointensive gardening, they loosen up the soil at least twice as deep as normal gardening preparations. This way, their plants' roots can penetrate through the soil deeper, and get more nutrients and water from deep underground.

Importance and Benefits of Biointensive gardening
1. We Only Have a Little Time

There may be as little as 40 years of farmable soil remaining all over the world. For each pound eaten by humans, between 6 and 24 pounds of soil are lost to agricultural practices like wind and water erosion. Biointensive farming will make the best of the little soil we have and will prolong this period.

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