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For the best chance of success in the Mid-Atlantic, begin growing Brussels sprouts seeds indoors in July, then transplant your starts in August into a well-tilled bed with good drainage.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022

Place cloves roughly six inches apart, approximately two inches deep, in well-tilled soil primed with lots of compost.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022

Lisa D'Amour's new play, first produced at Chicago's Steppenwolf theatre, is brisk, yelping and sometimes very funny, but it does not have much new to plant in well-tilled territory.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2012

But 62-year-old Leon Kroll is one modern who has never strayed far from the well-tilled plantations of traditional art.

From Time Magazine Archive

The trees, green meadows, comfortable farmhouses, and well-tilled fields, were pleasant to look upon, and with the prospect of soon reaching my final destination, I rode on, and crossed the boundary into California.

From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Glazier, Willard W.