Interview with No-Dig Gardener Charles Dowding

Can no-dig gardening and no-till farming transform the future of food? We sit down with Charles Dowding, the famous no-dig market gardener, and discuss how to grow your own food with less labor and more harvest. ​Our interview, "No-Dig Gardening: Growing Food in Partnership with Nature" covers the following topics:

•  Charles Dowding’s new book, No Dig: Nurture Your Soil to Grow Better Veg with Less Effort
• Results of 10-year-long "dig verses no-dig" trial beds
• How gardeners can pick fresh produce every day of the year 
• Five ways to break down wood chips for garden mulch
• The characteristics of the best wood chips to use in a garden 
• How to use wood chips for pathways, compost heaps, beds, and kindling.
• How to create the best homemade compost
•  Why No-Dig Gardening can transform the planet and human health

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Have you ever wondered how to transform a weedy plot into a thriving vegetable garden? Well now you can! By following the simple steps set out in No Dig, in just a few short hours you can revolutionize your vegetable patch with plants already in the ground from day one! Charles Dowding is on a mission to teach that there is no need to dig over the soil, but by minimizing intervention you are actively boosting soil productivity. In fact, The less you dig, the more you preserve soil structure and nurture the fungal mycelium vital to the health of all plants. This is the essence of the No Dig system that Charles Dowding has perfected over a lifetime growing vegetables. So put your gardening gloves on and get ready to discover:
- Guides and calendars of when to sow, grow, and harvest.
- Inspiring information and first-hand guidance from the author
- "Delve deeper" features look in-depth at the No Dig system and the facts and research that back it up.
- The essential role of compost and how to make your own at home.
- The importance of soil management, soil ecology, and soil health.

Now one of the hottest topics in environmental science, this "wood-wide web" has informed Charles's practice for decades, and he's proven it isn't just trees that benefit - every gardener can harness the power of the wood-wide web. Featuring newly- commissioned step-by-step photography of all stages of growing vegetables and herbs, and all elements of No Dig growing, shot at Charles's beautiful market garden in Somerset, you too will be able to grow more veg with less time and effort, and in harmony with nature - so join the No Dig revolution today!

A must-have volume for followers of Charles Dowding who fervently believe in his approach to low input, high yield gardening, as well as gardeners who want to garden more lightly on the earth, with environmentally friendly techniques like organic and No Dig.

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