No Dig Blog

29 December 2014

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...

09 September 2014

Autumn arrives, gardening priorities.Clearing, last plantings, and composting or green manuringAs beds come empty, there are still some s...

14 August 2014

Lots of work in August harvesting onions, collecting seeds and conducting tests, and a sudden bout of hail takes its toll.Update: 15th Au...

10 February 2013

Updates from February 2013.Update Mid MonthAfter the incessant rain and mud, it is joyful to write of something drier now and (I think) f...

12 December 2012

Updates from December 2012.Things are moving along at Homeacres and a brief spell of drier weather helped, although we have has 23mm of r...

24 October 2012

Updates from October 2012.Update October 15thAn early frost on 14th October has damaged many summer vegetables and I was a little caught ...