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No dig is great for your health, your pocket and the planet. We have many resources to help you along your no dig journey.

The main focus of my adult life has been to grow healthy and health-giving food. I created this website to share and teach these learnings. An organic gardener for 40 years, I teach how to grow food and have written 15 books and run courses from my market garden Somerset and online courses

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Organic Gardening: Volume 1 – The basics of no dig growing

Organic Gardening was originally written by Charles in 2006, and with all the knowledge he has gained since then it has now been revised into two volumes. The second volume will appear in October 2027. In this first volume, he reveals a range of techniques to grow organic crops, with details on improving soil fertility and enhancing soil structure, sowing seeds, making compost, companion planting and tackling pests and disease.

He shares his expert advice on how you can grow abundant food even in small spaces, and explores ways to grow more food using simple new energy methods such as electroculture and sowing by the moon.

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No Dig Gardening - Online Course

£95.00

Learn the foundations of no dig principles alongside detailed, practical information on how to create and maintain a weed-free growing space, starting with the soil that you have.

This course is perfect for those who are new to no dig. It is also suitable for anyone who would like to consolidate their existing understanding of growing great vegetables using this method.

Skills for Growing - Online Course

£95.00

An in-depth look at the key processes of growing, including saving your own seed, propagation, multisowing, spacing, methods of harvesting and watering, using covers, and more.

This course is most suited to those who already have some knowledge of no dig and growing vegetables, and who would like to expand on their current skills.

From Seed To Harvest - Online Course

£95.00

34 'Growing Guides', giving detailed information on how to grow 40 of Charles’s favourite vegetables, from sowing seeds to producing bountiful harvests.

This course is most suited to those who already have some knowledge of no dig, and who would like in-depth guidance on how to successfully grow specific vegetables using this method.

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