No Dig Blog

29 June 2016

July 2016, potato flowering and blight, comparing dig/no dig, harvests then clear, replant

Looking back over spring, it started cold and then was good. May and early June growth was as fast as I have seen, until the wheels came ...

15 June 2016

Its still that amazing time when growth is so willing, just as crops begin to mature and before some of the lushness turns less exuberant...

01 June 2016

Despite a dry May (just 17.9mm here in May's last 3 weeks), plants have sprung out of the ground like unleashing coils, with warmth compl...

15 May 2016

The warmth of early May, combined with its long days, has resulted in rapid growth. What a wonderful change after a slow spring.We remove...

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...