No Dig Blog

01 March 2015

March 2015 sowing, propagating, mulching

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

15 February 2015

What to sow now, some into modules and some in trays for pricking out, seeds or sets for onions, preparing no dig beds for planting, win...

28 January 2015

Composts for propagating, watering tips, spring salads, updates on another trial and mustard green manurePotting compostsI am always tria...

22 January 2015

Winter's brief appearance and disappearance, rabbits arrive, raising beds (or not), aerating compost with a metal corkscrew, root veg fo...

10 January 2015

Keep clearing, mulching, preparing, no sowing yetSeize any chancesAlthough January is currently stormy, the winter weather here in Somers...

29 December 2014

I compare the year's yields of Homeacres' experiments with dug and undug beds, show how to judge the quality of compost and manure, catch...

14 December 2014

Mid-December updates, preparing at Homeacres for 2015.What to fill beds with?I have tried many ingredients, for example see December 2012...

30 November 2014

A look at the months activity at Homeacres, with continued growth thanks to the warm and wet weather, an on-site photoshoot, attending th...

13 October 2014

A month of harvesting and preparation at Homeacres as summer comes to an end.Update 17th OctoberThe recent wet and gloomy weather has hig...