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Sam St Clair-Ford

Midhurst, West Sussex

My no dig veggie plot has eight beds surrounded by hollow breeze blocks mostly with box hedging growing in the hollows. (I wouldn't do it like this if I was starting again!) The beds are each about 1m x 2.5m.

We are a retired couple and try to grow most of our fresh veg for the year, except potatoes and onions. I also have a small 8' x 6' greenhouse which is helpful for propagation and tomatoes in summer, spinach in winter.

I have three pallet-sided compost heaps turning the side ones into the centre for spreading in the autumn/winter.

The photo is from July 18th 2024 – climbing French beans on tepee, bed cleared after broad beans, with purple podded peas still going, leeks under mesh cover, parsnips behind. Sweetcorn and squash behind peas.

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Please send info on your no dig garden or allotment, with a photo if possible, to anna@charlesdowding.co.uk.