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February 20, 2025

Allt om Trädgård, Sweden, February 2025

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February 15, 2025

Mid February 2025

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February 15, 2025

Improve water quality

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January 29, 2025

February 2025

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January 15, 2025

Covers – fleece, mesh and netting

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January 15, 2025

Mid January 2025

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January 3, 2025

Three-Strip Trial 2014–2024: no dig, forking, different composts, no rotation

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January 2, 2025

January 2025

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December 31, 2024

No Dig book available in French and German

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December 31, 2024

Dig/No Dig Trial

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December 30, 2024

Kompost is my book in German

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December 26, 2024

My New Garden Planner app is live!

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December 19, 2024

Winter Solstice 2024

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December 18, 2024

Charles Dowding's Monthly Seed Collections are live!

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November 30, 2024

December 2024

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November 16, 2024

Thresholds of winter

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November 2, 2024

November 2024

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October 20, 2024

No Dig Autumn Success

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October 3, 2024

October 2024

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September 30, 2024

The Sun Newspaper 30th September 2024

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September 2, 2024

September 2024

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August 18, 2024

Late August - Early September

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August 2, 2024

August 2024

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July 17, 2024

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June 26, 2024

July 2024 starts cool

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June 17, 2024

Mid June 2024

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June 2, 2024

June 2024 Seeds weeds harvests

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May 19, 2024

May '24 no dig plantings

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April 30, 2024

May 2024, we need warmth

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April 15, 2024

Mid-April 2024

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April 2, 2024

April 2024 no dig helps with drainage, harvests and sowings

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March 17, 2024

Mid March 24, under way outside

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February 29, 2024

March 2024 Exciting possibilities

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February 12, 2024

Mid-February transition 2024

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February 2, 2024

The Garden, RHS Magazine February 2024

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January 30, 2024

February 2024

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January 15, 2024

Midwinter 2024 15th January

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December 20, 2023

Starting 2024, what changes?

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December 1, 2023

December 2023 winter harvests and no dig prep

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November 12, 2023

Mid November, fast compost one turn, mild autumn, trial results 2023

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October 29, 2023

Deep autumn, November harvests composting and no dig prep

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October 10, 2023

October mid-autumn

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September 24, 2023

Deeper into autumn, late September 2023

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September 1, 2023

September 2023

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August 4, 2023

August sunshine returns? weeds prolific, tomatoes, squash, sow

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July 16, 2023

July's second half no dig, harvest and replant

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July 1, 2023

July 2023 full beds, sowings, make compost

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June 15, 2023

Late June 2023, so dry and no dig is helping!

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May 31, 2023

June advice for no dig vegetables 2023, with pest and weeds stories

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May 14, 2023

Spring unfolds to summer, May’s second half

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May 2, 2023

Süddeutsche Zeitung no dig May 2023

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May 1, 2023

May 2023 no dig sowings, weather issues, slugs

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April 15, 2023

Many sowings as weather improves in April’s second half

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March 30, 2023

April, hoping for sunshine, many plantings

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March 16, 2023

March 2nd half 2023

In the press
March 15, 2023

New York Times, March 2023

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February 28, 2023

No dig early spring March 2023, sow under cover

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February 14, 2023

Mid February let propagation begin 🌱

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February 12, 2023

Mid February 2021 new no dig beds, new course details, sowing in milder areas, no dig clothes

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February 1, 2023

February 2023 vegetable garden advice

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January 15, 2023

Mid January 2023, be ready for the season

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January 2, 2023

January 2023

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November 29, 2022

December 2022 no dig winter prep, compost and polytunnel, store veg, warm autumn and pests, Cookbook

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November 1, 2022

The Bookseller, November 2022

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October 30, 2022

November 2022 make and spread compost, prevent pests, deal with weeds, new no dig books, amazing autumn growth

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September 29, 2022

October 2022 harvests of many vegetables, replant more than resow, my trial of no rotation

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August 30, 2022

September 2022 no dig tomatoes, interplants, aphids, melons, make compost, sowing dates and rye bread

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August 9, 2022

Gardens Illustrated, August 2022

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July 30, 2022

August 2022 vegetable gardening, a second spring for sowings, watering tips, pest strategies, new publications

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July 3, 2022

July 2022 plant raising, no dig interplant, weekly advice, making compost and different types

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June 22, 2022

House & Garden June 2022

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May 31, 2022

June 2022 first summer harvests, new book, compost value, result of saving beetroot seed, wood affecting growth

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May 15, 2022

Mid May 22 many new plantings, make lots of compost, my trials of propagation and other composts

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April 29, 2022

May 2022 new plantings, harvests more rare, many sowings in May, no dig allotment, companion and inter planting

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April 16, 2022

Mid April 2022 sowing, planting, effects of covers, frost and pest damage, spring specials, no dig mulching, and storing vegetables

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March 29, 2022

April 2022 plant raising, how to transplant, using covers, no dig fun, compost, salads, beautiful food, NEW weekly advice

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March 10, 2022

March 2022 mega – no dig and timings, bed prep, new trays, new bargain bundle, varied germination, compost and compost confusions

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February 19, 2022

Almost-spring late February, wind and weather, sow and plan, heat for plant raising, new no dig, woodchip

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January 27, 2022

February 2022 how and when to sow, compost for no dig, trial results, mesofauna, pond creation

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December 29, 2021

January 2022 no dig so easy, trial results, winter growth and new shoots

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Winter
November 23, 2021

December 2021 feed soil life, new no dig, 50% discounts, new wallchart, broad bean planting, events

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Autumn
October 28, 2021

November 2021 make compost, sow broad beans, soil and compost biology and weed mulch, clean brassicas

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Autumn
October 3, 2021

October 2021 Autumn arrives with transplanting more vegetables, seed saving, mulching weeds in asparagus, saving time

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Autumn
August 28, 2021

September 2021 pests, propagation, transplant and interplant, tomato, cucumber, bindweed

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July 26, 2021

July-early August 2021, no dig potato harvests, bindweed, seed saving, sow and transplant for autumn onwards

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June 28, 2021

July 2021 no dig potatoes, succession plantings, make compost, save seeds, RHS no dig gardens, bees arrive

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June 14, 2021

Mid June blog, rapid growth of vegetables and weeds, new intersowing, seed quality, garlic harvest, watering

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May 31, 2021

June 2021 summer follows a cold spring, new sowings, bindweed, rabbits, compost qualities, and no dig events

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May 12, 2021

May mid month, no warmth! but leafy vegetables are growing well, tips for new plantings and covers

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Spring
April 28, 2021

May 2021, coping with cold weather and perennial weeds, new seedings new harvests, woodchip

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April 15, 2021

April 15th in a cold spring, fleece covers, transplant survival, new bed and compost heap

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March 29, 2021

April 2021 new plantings and beds, growing seed from winter root vegetables, bioreactor of woodchip, cold ahead

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Spring
March 13, 2021

March 2021 update new seedlings and sowings, new land, no dig bed prep, cool spring

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February 28, 2021

March 2021 new no dig gardens, starting seeds, potting composts and trays

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Winter
January 30, 2021

February 2021 new no dig land, winter harvests and vegetables stored, wait to sow, compost and woodchip

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December 29, 2020

Dig/No Dig Trial 2013–18

Winter
December 29, 2020

January 2021 make compost, wood sides or not, greens and root harvests, new module tray, small garden

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Winter
November 28, 2020

December 2020 Bumper Blog prep for winter, new no dig beds and old sides, harvests, broad beans, energies

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Autumn
October 31, 2020

November 2020 avoid unnecessary jobs, ease into winter, make new beds, love your fungi

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Autumn
October 14, 2020

October 2020 mid month – make compost, clear ground, brassica insects, vegetables for spring, seeds, fungi, insects

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No dig early spring March 2023, sow under cover

April 5, 2023

October 2022 harvests of many vegetables, replant more than resow, my trial of no rotation

January 2, 2023