No Dig Blog

August 2011

15 August 2011

August 2011

Updates from August 2011.Updated 14th August‍ Summer lettuce and endive in mid August, planted late June and picked four times so far.Th...

July 2011

20 July 2011

July 2011

Updates from July 2011.harvests of mid July, potatoes were grown on the surface of decomposing grass with 3in cow manure and a layer of s...

June 2011

06 June 2011

June 2011

Updates from June 2011.‍ Carrots pulled early June - Nantes, Purple Haze and RainbowThe weather change of early June looks to be endurin...

October 2010

10 October 2010

October 2010

Updates from October 2010.October 2010Has everybody had enough rain yet? I was made aware recently of rainfall’s variable nature by a nei...

July 2010

07 July 2010

July 2010

Updates from July 2010.July 2010I am expecting this summer to have more hot and dry conditions than cool and wet ones, so some advice in ...

November 2009

11 November 2009

November 2009

Updates from November 2009.November 2009The fine weather of October was a wonderful end to what was, in the balance of things, a really g...

October 2009

10 October 2009

October 2009

Updates from October 2009.October 2009There is much to do in October, especially as the shortening days can suddenly leave one with unfin...

September 2009

09 September 2009

September 2009

Updates from September 2009.Gardening for food September 2009Summer has been extremely variable across Britain, meaning that some of my c...

August 2009

08 August 2009

August 2009

Updates from August 2009.Gardening for food August 2009Here in Somerset the wonderful optimism of a glorious spring has been diluted, sin...