No dig allotment uk

How to start no dig on any soil type and however many weeds are currently growing. If you are used to digging, this will feel different!

The experience on the allotment this winter has been very different compared to last year. The weather has been relatively kind which has helped, but what’s paid off is the work I carried out on th…

The very first no dig bed to be planted up is the strawberry bed. We grow strawberries very successfully at home in four grow bags on top of a rickety old table that was here when we moved in. Howe…

This post probably doesn't need much introduction, does it? Yep, we finally have an allotment - it's something we've wanted for a LONG time and I'm SO excited to share that we now have one! It was about a year ago that we decided to put our name down on the waiting list for a

Some organic gardeners use the non-cultivation method which is called no-dig gardening. No one knows when no-dig gardening started, maybe it is related to nineteenth-century…

In this post, I will take you back through the journey of starting my new plot. I know lots of you out there are just getting started on your own plots, so this could be helpful information.

Martha 🏳️‍🌈 |📍London on Instagram: "12 years ago when I started growing food, the common advice was to do a lot of digging. I had a clay allotment and I spent hours doing my back in digging heavy sticky soil. Thankfully those days are long behind me. No dig makes starting a new veg garden so much easier. For more info on no dig check out @charles_dowding and his amazing no dig veg garden. I’ve planted 3 varieties of gooseberry Hinnonmaki Green, Red and Yellow for a range of different…

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PROMISES OF LESS WORK with more garden productivity often raise my suspicions as perhaps sounding too good to be true, except when the subject is..

Been meaning to make nettle fertiliser for some time. With comfrey fertiliser it's one of the simplest but most effective organic fertilisers to make, being rich in nitrogen and really good for tomatoes. So just had to get some fresh nettles (easy!), chop them up and put in a bin to leave for a month. This is the concoction just made up at the beginning of this week (click to enlarge). After a couple of days there were definite signs of activity... the brew was starting to foam. It does get…