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From Seed to Harvest – Online Course 3A

Gain a complete understanding of 18 vegetables

**NO DIG GARDENING, COURSE BOOK 1 OFFER!**

**APRIL ONLY – FREE CALENDAR WITH ALL ONLINE COURSE PURCHASES**

We are offering a free copy of Charles’ latest book – No Dig Gardening, Course Book 1 – with the purchase of any one of the online courses: 1, 2, 3A or 3B, or online course packages: 1+2 or 3A+3B.

If you would like to be sent a book and calendar, please email [email protected] with the following information:

  • Your name
  • Your online course order number
  • Your address
  • Any special delivery instruction

All promo book orders will be sent 2nd Class for UK orders and Economy for International orders.

Please note: this offer is for one book and one calendar per eligible customer, not one book and one calendar per purchased course. 

* The free No Dig book offer only applies to online courses booked on 31st March 2021 and after, and continues after the end of April.

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Save time, and enjoy the simplicity of growing with Charles’ methods.

What to expect

  • Learn how to grow 18 vegetables in 15 lessons, from sowing to harvest and everything in between.
  • All lessons have the same easy-to-follow format, and almost all have exclusive videos.
  • You will gain the confidence to grow, with Charles’ advice at your fingertips.
  • There are key documents to download and save.

Once purchased, you have lifetime access

Charles is such a great teacher and the videos are excellent in bringing his words to life. If anyone is contemplating purchasing, I say definitely do it!

Anna Pavard, April 2021

Content

In the list below, p = photo with captions, w = words. The videos of lessons 4 and 12 are from YouTube; all the others are new, and unique to this course.

  • A glossary of terms, a timeline of harvesting dates and a table of plant families, all downloadable as PDFs.
  • An introduction to the course, the seasons and weather.
  1. Aubergine: 38p, 2700w, 1 video
  2. Beans, Broad: 51p, 3800w,  1 video
  3. Beans – French, Runner, Soy, Dry: 64 p, 4800w, 2 (short) videos
  4. Beetroot: 46p, 3150w, 1 video
  5. Broccoli: 52p, 4100w, 1 video
  6. Brussels:  36 p, 3150w, 1 video
  7. Cabbage: 64 p, 3900w, 1 video
  8. Carrot: 50 p, 5600w, 1 video
  9. Cauliflower and Kohlrabi: 46 p, 3500w, 1 video
  10. Celery and Celeriac: 60 p,  4200w, 2 videos
  11. Chard and Leaf Beet: 43 p, 3000w, 1 video
  12. Chicory/Radicchio: 67 p, 4500w, 1 video
  13. Chinese Cabbage and Oriental Leaves: 54 p, 4000w, 1 (short) video
  14. Courgette/Zucchini, including Summer Squash: 49 p, 4000w, no video
  15. Cucumber – Cordon and Ridge: 65 p, 6300w, 1 video

I explain each lesson’s vegetable(s) with the same outline structure, describing each vegetable’s special needs and qualities, so that successful harvests are likely.

The structure follows these headings:

  1. Introduction to vegetable
  2. Harvest period
  3. Why grow them
  4. Suitable for containers/shade?
  5. Conditions for success
  6. Varieties
  7. Sow and propagate
  8. Sowing conditions
  9. Sowing time
  10. Pot on?
  11. Transplant, size, time of year
  12. Spacing
  13. Support
  14. Water – how often, how much, extra mulch to retain water?
  15. Container growing
  16. Feed
  17. Prune and train plants/thin fruit
  18. Harvest time and method
  19. Potential problems – which pests are likely and when, disease, other likely difficulties
  20. Clearing
  21. Follow with
  • A quiz for each lesson leads to a certificate, when you finish the course with 100% passes from all quizzes.

  • We are looking to sell each lesson individually – this should happen by mid-April.

  • Course 3B has the second 15 lessons for 22 vegetables, from fennel to tomato – £180 (many lessons are longer), and half-price when bought with this one.

  • Both courses 3A and 3B can be purchased together at the discounted price of £250.

There is occasional reference to weeding, feeding and basic bed preparation. With no dig these are the same for all vegetables, and are minimal jobs. Soil and soil preparation is far easier than often made out.

If you are not yet practising no dig, it’s simple. The key part is to stop digging.

Then rake level and cover the surface with a thin layer of compost, into which you sow and transplant. Course 1 has details about smothering weeds when starting out, if you have a lot, together with advice on making and using compost.

Enjoy Course 3 even more, when you are skilled at the basics of growing, enabling you to concentrate on the details of variation for each vegetable. Course 2 explains propagation, transplanting methods, spacing, picking, watering, container growing, perennial vegetables, and winter cropping.

 

Course 3A written by Charles Dowding in 2021.

Videos filmed and edited mainly by Edward Dowding, and created in 2019-2020.

Edited by Anna Maskell and quizzes by James Blair, with Charles’s edits and additions.

From Seed to Harvest – Online Course 3A

From Seed to Harvest – Online Course 3A

Rated 4.80 out of 5 based on 5 customer ratings
(5 customer reviews)

£160.00

SKU: 069 Category: Online Courses Tags: Charles Dowding, no dig, online course
  • Reviews (5)

5 reviews for From Seed to Harvest – Online Course 3A

  1. Rated 5 out of 5

    Nicholas Millins (verified owner) – March 18, 2021

    It’s the course I’ve been waiting for you to produce. All the t’s crossed, and the i’s dotted. Great work. Thank you, Charles. Now 7 more days to wait for 3B!!

  2. Rated 5 out of 5

    Rhys (verified owner) – March 9, 2021

    This is a veritable treasure trove of timely information about fifteen crops commonly grown in the UK (and of course in many other places worldwide).

    Of particular value in my eyes were the pieces of advice about watering, about which seeds to sow in trays first and the importance or otherwise of deleafing plants as they mature.

    I will undoubtedly be referring back to this course during the growing season, reminding myself of the crucial aspects of growing crops successfully.

  3. Rated 5 out of 5

    Stephanie Head (verified owner) – February 28, 2021

    Just completed this course and have really enjoyed watching all the new videos with detailed descriptions of sowing/plantings. I particularly enjoyed seeing your no dig soil at close quarters throughout the videos. Gave me a real insight into the benefits of no-dig. The detail on each vegetable has certainly given me ideas of not growing the usual and I will certainly try a few different vegetables this year. I also liked the opportunity to see the ( very few indeed!) pest and diseases you mention in your garden. To actually see damage is always useful and to know how to take steps to minimise it. Look forward to 3B.

  4. Rated 5 out of 5

    Julie Verdich (verified owner) – February 28, 2021

    So good. Learnt a lot. Can’t wait for 3B

  5. Rated 4 out of 5

    Johnny – February 21, 2021

    5Star

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