13 December 2018
December '18 update: winter salads, trials results, make compost, Charles' award
14th December, my last blog/update of the year, and until late January. Plenty to read and digest here, and I shall send another newslett...
No Dig Blog
04 December 2018
Starting a new allotment with weeds
The photo above is Emma Kane's NEW NO DIG ALLOTMENT in North Cadbury, Somerset, mid-April 2022. Just three weeks earlier, this plot had b...
04 December 2018
Small Garden Advice
My intentions small area, high output overcome limiting factors such as shade, slabs in soil, neighbour’s shrubs diverse range of veg,...
04 December 2018
Making compost from waste materials
How to compost garden and other waste materials. I wish to encourage you to discover the fun and interest of making compost!Compost varie...
03 December 2018
December 2018 advantages of no dig, harvests for winter, trial results, compost heaps
Autumn ends, and it’s been a great season here for rich harvests with more to come. No dig helps so much, for two special reasons this au...
31 October 2018
November 18 frosts, new plantings, compost spreading making testing, kohlrabi stew & chips
After a gorgeous summer and early autumn, we suddenly have wintry weather. However it’s also continuing to be dry here with just 60mm/2.4...
14 October 2018
October 18 mid month: new veg, new book, make compost, sow or plant, no dig
Autumn has brought just 41mm/1.6in rain here so far in October, encouraging new growth but not yet enough to soak into the soil, which is...
30 September 2018
October '18 vegetable beauty, last new plantings, Q's answered on no dig beds
Quite soon the switch flicks and the last joys of summer cede to cooler and above all darker days. We have had many cool nights already a...
15 September 2018
Sept. 15th sow salads for winter, no dig, small garden, harvests, watering
If you have not already sown salads for cropping undercover through winter and into spring, NOW is the moment.So they have time to establ...