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29th December 2020 Featured, Uncategorized, Winter
Winter has finally arrived here with frost most nights. and days noticeably colder, as low as 2 C 36 F maximum. This is okay! Much better to have cold now than in the spring, and all being well you have harvests of root vegetables stored for long-term use. I explain other jobs of the season […]
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How I can save you time and money in the garden
4th December 2018 Articles, No Dig Growing
I am internationally recognised for my huge experience of how to grow and harvest better vegetables, and how I explain this is in my books, courses, talks and videos. Avoid unnecessary work No dig is
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The amazing benefits of no dig, no till
4th December 2018 No Dig Growing
Save time – not only by not digging or tilling, but also by the reduced amount of weeds, moisture loss and all the other features of this great method. “Thanks for saving me all the time I wou
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No dig, no till
4th December 2018 No Dig Growing
Time-saving, less weeds, year round abundance Save the time and effort of repeated cultivations. Weeds germinate less in undisturbed ground and are easy to pull fro organic mulches, a huge timesaver.
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Watering and weed differences, no dig and dig beds
4th December 2018 No Dig Growing, Videos
I explain and show you two the vegetables and surface of two beds, one dug every winter with compost incorporated, one no dig with compost on top. See the difference in weed growth and ease of removal
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Beautiful vegetables, dramatic views: Charles explains his no dig intensive garden
4th December 2018 No Dig Growing, Videos
Drone footage mid September of Homeacres no dig garden, sixth year. You see the second plantings we make very quickly in summer after first harvests. This is a market garden selling produce within 4 m
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Grow chicory for beautiful hearts of radicchio, dense and bittersweet, or for chicons
4th December 2018 Videos
Vigorous plants best sown summer rather than spring, grow strongly after the solstice and I show the beautiful hearts you can have. In my garden the harvest period is September to November. A look at
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Space race: see how closer or wider spacings speed growth and harvests
4th December 2018 Small Garden, Videos
How much space to give vegetables? It affects how quickly they start cropping, as well as how big they grow. You can vary spacing also by your sowing method. Try some different spacings and not just t
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Three Strip Trial 2014-2020: no dig, forking, different composts
4th December 2018 Trials
Photo above is September 2019. This one is now in year seven. since I created its current layout in 2014, testing for the effect of forking soil rather than digging. The 2019 video has more on this a
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Grow garlic, an easy crop with no dig, hard or softneck, tips for harvest
4th December 2018 No Dig Growing, Videos
Easier when you have control of weeds, see my other videos for advice on that with no dig. I show the two main types of bulbs, plus elephant garlic which is not a ‘true garlic’ and tastes
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Start no dig, soil types, weeds, composts to use
4th December 2018 No Dig Growing
Fewer weeds in no dig Whenever soil is dug, loosened or turned over, it recovers from the disruption by re-covering with weed growth – both from roots of perennials and seeds of annuals. By co
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Small Garden (6) in September, summer harvests now and new plantings for autumn to winter
4th December 2018 Small Garden, Videos
One year after my first video from this plot of 25sqm/270sqft, see the ongoing harvests as summer turns to autumn and new plantings for food in the cooler months.
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No dig, the reasons for and Charles’ History
4th December 2018 About Charles, No Dig Growing
Monty Don, BBC Gardeners World 21/04/2017 “We visit the plot of the king of no dig, Charles Dowding. Charles has become the guru of no dig gardening. He’s a really good grower, organic, has fa
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