Awards

• Runner-up for Practical Book of the Year 2017

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Author:   Charles Dowding ,  Darina Allen
Publisher:   No Dig Garden
Imprint:   No Dig Garden
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781916092013

ISBN 10:   1916092012
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   11 October 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Spiral bound
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction by Darina Allen 7 Preface 8 Seasonal gardening: the benefits 12 Being there, little and often 14 Time-saving tips 16 Advantages of no dig 18 Soil structure the easy way 20 No dig perennials for food 22 No dig flowers 24 Making compost 26 Compost: the process 28 Sourcing compost 30 Weeds in a compost mulch 32 Weeds sign off 34 Mulching to clear perennial weeds 36 Sowing timeline 38 FAQs no dig 40 Perpetual Diary 42 Comparing growth 150 Sowing by the moon 152 More on rotation 154 Second crops/succession 156 Edible elegance 158 Paths, mulches, no dig 160 Planting and caring for fruit trees 162 Last thoughts and acknowledgements 164 Bibliography 165 Index 166

Reviews

RHS review in The Garden November 2017, by Jim Buckland of West Dean Gardens, Sussex; Although I have been gardening professionally for 45 years, I found this book enlightening, thought provoking and immensely practical in equal measure. I am confident that if this were the first volume to grace the shelves of a gardening novice, it would be equally stimulating and useful, and would ensure a smooth start to a growing life. It does exactly what the title suggests it will do, and does it with clarity, humour and immense practicality; Lynn on Amazon, June 2017 It's always good to have a reminder of what the main gardening tasks are month by month. But this diary does more than that. Even though I have been gardening for decades I can dive into this book and pick up gems of information never before encountered. Charles is a truly good gardener with an amazing willingness to share his knowledge; Philip Hirst, Ireland email, 23.07.18 I have bought your vegetable garden diary, and all I can say is wow, so inspiring, and full of detailed information, brilliant. I wish I had bought it years ago!!

Author Information

"Charles Dowding develops and explains time- and labour-saving methods of high-yielding nature-friendly gardening. He has written ten books and an annual calendar of sowing dates, runs a YouTube channel with 36 million views, writes for national gardening magazines, and gives talks and courses at home and abroad. He has created three online courses: No Dig Gardening, Course 1; Growing Success Course 2. His third online course appeared in 2021. He has been growing professionally since 1982, and has been experimenting with No Dig methods for the past 20 years. His current site at Homeacres is well known for its rapid transformation from weedy pasture to beautiful garden in just a half-year (see the video ""No Dig Abundance"" on Youtube). Currently he crops an intensive 0.35 acres/1300 square metres, and sells GBP20,000 of harvests-mainly salad leaves-locally."

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