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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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