No Dig Blog

31 August 2018

September 18 easier watering no dig, plant and sow now, interplant, sweet pepper success

September looks dry for much of the UK: no dig means easier watering, see below. There are still plantings for outdoor veg and sowings fo...

29 July 2018

Here, July 2006 was hotter than this year. However in 2006 we had 41mm lovely rain, after 36mm in June ’06, whereas this year the figures...

15 July 2018

No rain since my last post, just a dusting of 4mm in June so it's now full-on drought. At least the grass does not need mowing, but we ar...

01 July 2018

It's a drought: June was the driest month I ever recorded, just 4mm/0.2in rain, with a lot of sun and dry breezes. At least with no dig y...

30 May 2018

I hope that May has been a good month for your garden, and here it certainly has. Daytime temperatures were the warmest for May since 199...

16 May 2018

May is proving way sunnier than April, as spring merges into summer. However there are still cool nights - we are forecast a ground frost...

30 April 2018

We can hope for better weather in May… after the least sunny April I have ever recorded. Temperatures however were close to normal, thank...

15 April 2018

The first two weeks of April here were more like December, in terms of light levels. However after the new moon tonight (15th-16th) and i...

30 March 2018

It’s the weather stupid! April is starting very wet here, cold and even colder to the north. We are late with outdoor sowings and plantin...