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Growing Success Online Course 2

Learn How To Make Full Use Of The Growing Season

Discover essential methods you need to grow great vegetables all year round, with less waste of time and space.

What To Expect

  • Grow vegetables easily throughout the year
  • Use time creatively to maximise growth
  • Learn cost effective and productive-per-area methods
  • Learn to plan, sow, plant, space, water, harvest, and succeed with succession
  • Improve growth and work alongside nature.

Grow creatively – learn new skills – save time – enjoy growing success

Completing Online Course 1 – No Dig gardening, is not a prerequisite for taking this course

Charles Dowding is a world authority on no dig gardening, learn from his decades of experience. Tried and tested methods, common sense and easy to understand.

See the bottom of this page for Online Course FAQs.

Buy the entire course or in separate modules, price varies according to size of module.

 

Course content

I explain the skills and understandings you need, the essentials. My approach sometimes diverges from mainstream views because I assay and develop new or lesser known methods, for easier and better results. No dig is the main one, plus I give you a lot of short cuts, which are really just common sense. For more on this it may be worth your buying my first course about no dig gardening, but it’s not a prerequisite for taking this course.

Course 2 illustrates how you create planting plans, advises on succession and inter planting, how to propagate plants, and quick ways to set them in the ground. You learn spacing, picking methods, watering, and using covers for both warmth and pest protection.

The course advice is based on your having a clean and fertile area to grow vegetables. It may not be large and that is fine. I show examples of how much food you can grow every year in just one bed, and in containers too.

One technique I refer to often is interplanting and inter sowing. This is a form of companion planting, because seedlings like ‘nurse plants’ nearby, and plants generally like being close to other plants. Hence the success of multi-sowing, and there is a whole lesson on that.

The content is 18 lessons, totalling 58,000 words.
There are 900 photos with detailed captions.
30 exclusive videos which are not available elsewhere.

Where it leads

In the last lesson I consider how we can grow more easily, in tune with energy forces such as the sun, moon and others. I give easy and cheap tips for improving your harvests. There is much we don’t understand about how plants grow and how soil behaves, so an underlying theme of the course is to keep an open mind. Be prepared to try new things, even beyond what I suggest. This takes you further in how to grow successfully and easily.

The course is not accredited with official bodies.

KEY to CONTENT   V means one of the unique videos, pics + photos and w = words, not including quizzes + there are other videos embedded which are also on You Tube

Module 1 Growing skills and knowledge

An introduction to this exciting course. Sonia wrote, “I binge-watched and read the whole course in record time!”. My detailed explanations are fascinatingly different and are not the regular rules and procedures. They illustrate how to achieve success in your garden, simply and understandably. You can grow healthy plants with less effort.

Enjoy my fully illustrated examples of how to make full use of the growing seasons. You need less space to grow more food. See the most effective use of time and ground space to maximise growth.

1 Skills and Knowledge 1 The aim 2 How to succeed 3 Skills you need for top results V Spinach 10 months growth from one sowing +  V Sow at best time, 28pics 2200w

2 Fully use your time and space How to maximise growth, efficiently V Interplanting spinach and herbs + V Spacing and timing, small garden mostly,  44pics 2200w

Module 2 Plan for continual harvests

Planning can be fun! It’s about starting with intentions, and then staying open to change along the way. A plan is a start point.

I show how to plan over the four seasons, incorporating timings and spacings, with examples from beds in my own gardens at Homeacres.

Discover how to succeed with succession and rotation through summer and autumn, and learn my detailed advice on winter gardening. Keep your beds full! It’s easier than you may think.

Then we look at covers, to protect our plants from weather and pests. They are cheap and easy. How and when to use fleece and mesh, and what each one does best.

3 Sketch out the year Examples of my plans and successions for three beds V Wild rocket followed by decision time, result was cauliflower and chicory, 35pics 2200w

4 Succession and rotation How to plan for and succeed with new plantings throughout summer and into autumn, what can follow what V No rotation results + V Small garden autumn successions 45pics 2700w 

5 Winter gardening Growing and preparing for winter, and the harvests including during the hungry gap V Winter harvests outdoors + V Winter small garden, 47pics 2100w

Module 3 Perennial vegetables and herbs

This is about perennial fruit and vegetables, with a ‘growers manual’ of 12 perennial food plants. From seed or plant to harvests, year after year.

Learn about herbs! There are so many you can have to enjoy all year. With a video and details on how to grow, harvest and maintain both annuals and perennials.

6 Perennial vegetables and raspberries A growing manual of 12 perennial food plants, V December among Homeacres perennials + V July perennial fruit & veg, 55pics 4100w

7 Herbs How to grow and harvest and maintain annuals and perennials, from basil and coriander to sage and thyme, sow, care, prune, V Herbs, 40pics 2500w

Module 4 Seeds, sowing, propagation

The mystery of seeds – or is it? A fascinating subject and I explain how to source, buy and save seeds, including potential problems. 

Next we see how to grow them into healthy plants, the cornerstone of successful gardening. There are many ways to propagate lovely plants and it’s an important subject.

One of the loveliest parts is multisowing, which has been adopted by thousands of gardeners recently, following my teachings. Learn more here and enjoy greater success.

8 Seeds and sowing How to source, buy and save seeds with illustrations of my seed saving, V Lettuce harvests and seed saving,  50pics 3700w

9 Propagation skills The biggest lesson, packed with information on this important subject V July propagation and planting, 56pics 4300w

10 Multisowing why and how, many examples, a big timesaver and garden filler V Beetroot and turnip late spring showing growth from multisowing,  40 pics 2700w

Module 5 Spacing and transplanting

Space closer! I show how to do it and why it works so well, with examples and details for many vegetables. We also look at wider spacings, including how you can space a broad range of vegetables under cover.

There are many ways to transplant! Often easier and quicker than supposed, and I show you my methods, as well as those for direct sowing.

11 Close spacings How to do it and why this works so well, within reason, details for many vegetables,  V Spacings examples in July of different vegetables, 38pics 3100w

12 Wider spacings Many examples and explanations, see the results from small plants to harvests, V Kale 30cm plants in October + V Spacing a wide range of plants in the polytunnel in July, 36pics 2300w

13 Planting methods and sowing direct Ways to transplant and how to do it quickly V Interplant of August showing growth by October + V How to work out spacings with a dibber, dib holes and transplant, 44pics 2700w

Module 6 How and when to harvest, and container ideas

Clever picking makes such a difference to your harvests. You learn how and when to pick for different vegetables, and then discover three different methods of harvesting – picking, pulling/twisting and cutting.

Then we look at growing in containers and small spaces, many cheap and reusable: pots, boxes, sacks, and a single bed.

14 Picking skills (1) when to pick for different vegetables, seasons, plant growth and harvest requirements V April showing greenhouse salads picked all winter + V chicory hearts in October (radicchio), 51pics 3300w

15 Picking skills (2) more on picking including discussions and examples of cutting, V cutting baby leaves + V Cutting frizzy endive in autumn + V picking salad leaves. 38pic 2600w

16 Small space growing Vegetables in containers, sacks, vertical and one bed, V Methods to support peas + V Small garden intensive planting October, 56pics 3500w

Module 7 Early growing, watering, energy

We examine watering in detail –  there is so much to know about it, a skill to learn – and you will then enjoy the big benefits of wise watering. Plus I give you information about the frost tolerance of different vegetables, and how to protect them if needed.

The course finishes with a look at ˜energy gardening” – the potential effects of the sun, moon and even hidden energies that science struggles to measure. Such as the green fingers this course is giving you!

17 Early cropping and covers  Using fleece and mesh, their relative values and effects in different seasons, V Frozen vegetable plants in April then see their recovery on same day, 50pics 2800w

18 Water, frost, moon, energy How to water, what you need to know about frost and some of my ‘secrets’ of lateral thinking plus action, V Winter watering + V Effects of lack of moisture + V Soy & French beans, 60pics  4300w

Feedback from Sarah Ozanne, Guernsey:

I’ve started Course 2 and once again I’m blown away by your attention to detail. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

Online Course 2 FAQs

Should I have completed online course 1 before taking course 2?

It is not necessary but a good understanding of no dig gardening which is covered in online course 1 will help you to progress with the second course.

What format does the course take?

The course is in 18 lessons, the whole course is 58,000 words with 900 photos each with a detailed caption.  There are 30 exclusive videos which cannot be found anywhere else.  Each lesson has a quiz to help you consolidate your learning.

How long does it take to complete the course?

There is no time limit and you have a lifetimes access to the course.  Everyone can take the course at their own pace.

Is the course relevant to me, my climate is different to yours?

With slight adjustments to sowing times, yes people all over the world and in varying climates have experienced great success with the methods described in the course.  Please see testimonials here.

Will I need to invest in extra tools to follow the method in the course?

The main investment is bought in compost if you don’t have your own and this is applied each year in the autumn.  In certain circumstances I recommend fleece and netting to protect your young plants.

Can the methods in the course be applied to small gardens?

Absolutely, even with a small space you can grow many different vegetables right through the year.

I have already seen many of your YouTube videos and I have some of your books, what else is there left to learn?

The online course gives a more structure path for your learning.  Every lesson is backed up with at least one video so you can see the ideas and methods applied in my garden.  Please see the testimonials to the right of this page.

Is there downloadable materials like pdf’s?

No it’s all online, a lot of it!

Can I ask questions of Charles and his team?

Yes for sure, please email [email protected]

Is the course accredited with any official bodies?

No it’s our unique creation and bears Charles’s name, recognised by millions worldwide.

Growing Success Online Course 2

Growing Success Online Course 2

Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 4 customer ratings
(4 customer reviews)

£150.00

SKU: 047 Categories: Front Four, Online Courses
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4 reviews for Growing Success Online Course 2

  1. Rated 5 out of 5

    Philip Loney (verified owner) – January 18, 2021

    I completed course 1 using the recently published book format and that inspired me to invest in taking course 2 online. What a great course, full of clear thinking and advice on propagation, planting, harvesting, watering, and crop protection. This has helped to keep me to stay sane during the latest lockdown and given me another reason to look forward to Valentine’s day (start of the next sowing season of course!). Thanks Charles you are a diamond. Looking forward to course number 3.

  2. Rated 5 out of 5

    Sonia Sarina Birrer (verified owner) – January 14, 2021

    This course is medicine when you grave digging your hands in the soil! I binge-watched and read the whole course in record time! 🙂 Looking forward to go back to certain modules to take more notes and apply the newly gained knowledge in my garden.
    Very well put together, precise, helpful and motivating content!
    I highly recommend this course for every new gardener or slightly established like myself. You’ll very likely gain new knowledge and at least inspiration and motivation to be creative and just go for it, try out things…

  3. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jinnie Bartlett – January 7, 2021

    WOW! Thank you so much for such an informative and comprehensive course on how to grow vegetables throughout the year. From whether to seed save or when it’s best not to; through sowing – the when, how and (very usefully) why the germination may have failed! Tending the plants as they grow and finally to harvesting (with the when and how). Never dogmatic but always encouraging! As a dyslexic I found it easy to assimilate the information and now so motivated to get going this year. Seeds have started flowing through the letter box from the good sites mentioned during the course and wished we had the autumn planted to enjoy (there is a little spinach and one Kale plant!) Thank you again for making it such fun to learn too.

  4. Rated 5 out of 5

    Beth D (verified owner) – November 10, 2020

    Every day I find myself looking forward to studying each new lesson, sneaking time to go over it during a lunch break during the workday, or staying up late at night to take it all in. As a long-time flower gardener, for years I’ve struggled with growing vegetables, and was often frustrated by so much of the the advice and received wisdom out there that didn’t seem work or apply. Charles’s approach is so common-sense and freeing. And as he says, “it’s not a religion” so I’m free to try what makes sense in my garden and zone. So grateful I found these courses to help me grow more healthy vegetables and grow my confidence as a gardener, too.

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