The Daily Telegraph, January 2015

Winter Solstice 2024

Charles Dowding's Monthly Seed Collections are live!

December 2024

Thresholds of winter

November 2024

No Dig Autumn Success

October 2024

Charles in the Sun Newspaper

September 2024

Late August - Early September

August 2024

Mid July 2024

July 2024 starts cool

Mid June 2024

June 2024 Seeds weeds harvests

May '24 no dig plantings

May 2024, we need warmth

Mid-April 2024

April 2024 no dig helps with drainage, harvests and sowings

Mid March 24, under way outside

March 2024 Exciting possibilities

Mid-February transition 2024

February 2024

Midwinter 2024 15th January

Starting 2024, what changes?

December 2023 winter harvests and no dig prep

Mid November, fast compost one turn, mild autumn, trial results 2023

Deep autumn, November harvests composting and no dig prep

October mid-autumn

Deeper into autumn, late September 2023

September 2023

August sunshine returns? weeds prolific, tomatoes, squash, sow

Independent Magazine

The Bookseller, November 2022

The Spectator, November 2022

Reader's Digest, September 2022

Financial Times Weekend, July 2020

Amateur Gardening, July 2016

The Garden – RHS Magazine, October 2019

Daily Mail Weekend, June 2020

Sunday Express Magazine, April 1990

The Sunday Telegraph, January 2020

The Saturday Telegraph, July 2019

Independent on Sunday, March 2008

The Sunday Times, October 2014

The Guardian, April 2005

The English Garden, July 2013

The Sunday Express, April 2020

Links

Gardens Illustrated, August 2022

Daily Mail, November 2020

The Sunday Times, February 2021

Quelques conseils pour faire son compost

Expérience bêchage/non-travail du sol et ses résultats de 2013 à 2018

Graines et variétés

Saveti za pravljenje komposta

Le multi-semis

Calendrier de semis

Semina a mazzetto

Consigli sul compost

dig / no dig Trial 2013-18

Calendario delle semine

Siembra grupal

Cueillettes et repiquages de la mi-juin, intercaler des carottes, produire et utiliser les composts, désherbants pyralidiques cachés dans les composts

L'été continue en juillet 2020 : semis, repiquages, mauvaises herbes à sarcler ou à arracher, semences à garder, récoltes de pommes de terre et la menace de l’aminopyralide

April update

Towards winter 16th November, harvests, no dig microbiology results, frost hardy vegetables

October 13th rain and no dig, compost making, last tomatoes, salad planting, Brussels sprouts

October 2019 no dig plantings, make compost, harvests, book offer, Q/A

December 2019, no dig ease and success, harvests all year from good timings

November 2019 clear asparagus, many hearts to harvest, sow broad beans, salads growing, make a bed

September 2019 sow again, interplants, brassica pests, mildew, no dig allotment, more pyralid damage

August 2019 summer winds down, open day, no dig transformation, insect problems, new no dig beds, onions

August 2019 new sowings, planting tips, seed saving, pest protection, onions, tomatoes, pyralids

12th May before removing fleece, with the weather warming: this cover is 25gsm and three years old

July 2019 harvest-clear-replant, no dig success against pests, clean paths, identify aminopyralid damage

June update 2019 new sowings, harvests, making compost, no dig flowers, more on aminopyralid

May 2019 spring garden beware late frosts, potting on, small spaces, perennial veg

June 2019 no dig trials, new polytunnel, garlic harvests, interplanting, pyralid problems in composts

April update, warmth loving veg, no dig cropping and weed plus slug control, small garden

April 2019 sowing and planting, no dig advice and dealing with weeds

January 2019 myths about no dig, events, winter jobs and food

March update 2019 - sow, plant, winter veg, new online course

March 19 sowings, online course, no dig, rocket

February 2019 a few sowings, compost and mulching, courses, snow and pigeons

December '18 update: winter salads, trials results, make compost, Charles' award

Links

Is No-Dig Gardening a Better Way to Grow?

Charles Dowding's Background

Winter wonders: the vegetables that thrive in frozen weather

How I can save you time and money in the garden

The amazing benefits of no dig, no till

Watering and weed differences, no dig and dig beds

No dig, no till

Three Strip Trial 2014-2023: no dig, forking, different composts, no rotation

Space race: see how closer or wider spacings speed growth and harvests

Grow garlic, an easy crop with no dig, hard or softneck, tips for harvest

Beautiful vegetables, dramatic views: Charles explains his no dig intensive garden

Grow chicory for beautiful hearts of radicchio, dense and bittersweet, or for chicons