No Dig Blog

30 January 2017

February 2017 salads, slow sow, Kew Gardens, Q&A, Wikihow

Winter's cold and more-or-less fine is turning in the UK to mild, wet and stormy, for the first half of February. Either way, I recommend...

01 May 2016

Frost and hail in late April were a timely reminder to wait before sowing and planting warmth-loving plants. In this area (SW England) it...

16 April 2016

I have been loving the strong growth of overwintered plants such as broad beans, garlic, salad, cabbage, broccoli and kale. New plantings...

15 March 2016

Sowing and planting into undug soil with a compost mulch feels different to sowing and planting into dug or rotovated soil. Your plants a...

01 March 2016

For March there is a big change to the weather pattern with more winds from north and east, cold showers and frequent frosts. There is no...

14 February 2016

Its been so mild this winter, so far, and now when the sowing green light appears, so do frosts! However the light levels are improving f...

30 April 2015

Timing sowing and planting for fickle weather, the joy of perennials, propagation and seed saving, biodynamics, courses and compostingThe...

01 April 2015

Using fleece, tips on sowing and planting in dry conditions, spring salad harvest, trial update, interplanting, plant raising and pestsTh...

01 March 2015

Sowing, spinach, potting composts, providing warmth with a hotbed, dishes of winter vegetables, mulching allotments, Homeacres compost l...