No Dig Blog

29 September 2020

October 2020 autumn harvests, new planting under cover, composting wood chips, diseases

It’s a stark difference between the remains of summer in late September, and an entry to winter by 31st. I notice while picking salads ev...

14 September 2020

We should continue to see strong growth for another month, until daylight levels fall off a cliff in late October. If you are still sowin...

30 August 2020

Growth this summer has been strong and abundant, with few weeds thanks to no dig. The garden is full, but we are still finding just enoug...

15 August 2020

Early August has been unusually warm here, night minimum temperatures averaging16C/61F and day maxima averaging 27C/81F. Growth is fast a...

25 July 2020

It’s a rainstorm as I write and I am grateful for it. Before today, July’s total rainfall was 29mm/1.2in and after this storm it’s 46mm/1...

12 July 2020

It’s speeding up now, but growth has been slowed by the weather here. A cool two weeks until 10th July saw daytime maxima always under 20...

27 June 2020

This post is also available in: Français (French)June has been warm and with mixed weather, including decent rainfall! of 107mm so far. R...

13 June 2020

This post is also available in: Français (French)The weather is cooler and damper than May, but only 28mm/1.1in rain here so far. The soi...

30 May 2020

May was the driest ever month here, in 47 years of my records. 1990 came close with 4mm rain compared to 3.2mm (0.13in) in May 2020. In t...