To help you make good choices about what to plant, where and when, through all the season. It’s easier with no dig, and when you understand parameters such as rotation.
I explain examples from my intensive cropping and intercropping at Homeacres. From May to October all beds are full , and some are double cropped with interplants.
Here is the Sowing Timeline https://charlesdowding.co.uk/sowing-timeline-for-vegetables/
More information on my website https://charlesdowding.co.uk/
in my books https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product-category/books/
and in my online course https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/no-dig-gardening-online-course/.
A year of sowing dates, plus gorgeous photos and no dig advice are in my wall calendar, good to buy even late winter & spring https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/charles-dowding-gardening-calendar-2020/
Filmed, inspired and edited by Edward Dowding summer 2019 at Homeacres, 1000 square metres of no dig beds mostly cropped twice every year, zone 8 south west UK, climate is temperate oceanic, mild winters and warm not hot summers.
Spanish subtitles by Maria F. Nieto Ramirez
Charles, how old are the rutabagas (swedes) when you transplant them?
Hi, Charles! I'm a beginner gardener and I'm from Russia. I enjoy your videos, thanks a lot for your explanation of how to make compost! I have a question about lettuce. Last year I planted different kinds of lettuce and it was quite well, but bitter. We have different climate from the UK, but here it's also damp and our summers are not very hot. What should I do this year so my lettuce is not bitter?
Ciao ho cominciato anch'io a fare l'orto no dig ma e un problema la lingua inglese non ci sono i sottotitoli in italiano su tutti i video
Charles, Started watching you this morning and have learnt so much already x
I try and always interplant my sucession crops. When I plant out my transplants I give them a little extra space and start seeds in between. I grow for fresh eating and canning or freezing not a market garden so I can plant a little diffrent wanting small sucession batches rather then wanting everything ready all together.
What is your opinion on raised beds vs ground?
Wow I didn't realize you could transplant french beans (green beans). I've always direct sown them. Nice to know.
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Are there certain vegetables that should follow or precede others.
Hi Charles ; did you watch my video presenting how I grow celery & celeriacs ?
Is there any way to slow the growth of my savoys and PSB? I’ve sown them as suggested by the seed packet but I know they shouldn’t be sown until June at the earliest.
Good day Mr Dowding. I want to know what your view is on companion planting of certain vegetables. Flowers make sense to me, but the vegetables i see alot of mixed results everywhere.
Beans are a great crop for testing the non-rotation-ability of the no dig method. After about 4 years of beans, you will get more leaves/less pods for a few years as the beans switch into "Use up the excess nitrogen" mode.
If you have managed 7 years of beans without a problem, it is probably safe to say that rotation is unnecessary with the no dig method
Thank you so much for this video I am planning for next spring while trying to grow some cooler crops and yesterday I went looking for info on if I really truly need to rotate my crops – and boom this video pops up. I’ll be giving your method a try. Unfortunately I have no extra space to grow seedlings or starters maybe by next year I will come up with something. Thank you again! Oh by the way what zone are you in?
I always get excited about fall peas tho lol
This makes perfectly sense. Cabbage – beans is a sort of rotation. The beans provides nitrogen by bacteria nodules, the cabbage is a nutrient demanding crop. As long as you have no disease in the earth (esp. fungal diseases) this can be done for years.
Thank you as always. A note on rotation…. Japanese farmers plant 4-5 years of rice then 1 year of wheat. Sometimes they burn off the tops… sometimes they don't. I thought this might be a good example to highlight your no rotation philosophy.
Charles, What can you interplant with cauliflower and other Brassicas?
I just love your lessons. Soo inspirational, informative and you make it sound so easy. As a long time gardener of vegetables, I know it's not as easy as you make it out to be but heck, you make us think we can conquer the art of growing our own food. It is New Year's eve 2021 in South Africa and I'm planting. Thank you so much
I realise that this video is old and no one may read it. But I thought I would share. I am the proud owner of a beautiful patch of garden that has been growing potatoes and silver beet since at least 1949. I bought the house that my great aunty and uncle lived in all their married life. The bed in question has absolutely no attention whatsoever, no intentional watering, since the early 90s when Great Uncle Bob died. I am generously rewarded for no effort. I was even more surprised to find that the potatoes in question are a highly sought after heirloom variety that has not been available for purchase in New Zealand where I am from for many decades. Thought you may find this interesting. Thank you for the great videos. I learn so much from you.
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Charles Dowding makes me feel motivated and better equipped to maximize a gorgeous, earth friendly and bountiful garden.
Grow plants and thrive!!
I started a no dig garden in January this year. Planted carrots, potatoes, beets, onions and are growing nicely. Thank you for no dig, Planting right way is nice.
What kind of purple sprouting broccoli are you growing? It looks so good I would love to give it a go. Thank you for all your help.
These videos of no dig vegetable growing are warming my heart. I have grown my own food all through the years for my family, for myself. This past summer I had the worst garden ever. Injuries, lack of time, and overall aging have been limiting factors and I have seen my precious seeds and money thrown to the wind. This gives me heart. I can make compost I can do all these things and whats more, there are many young gardeners who look to me for help and inspiration. Now, I can easily see another decade of my beloved gardening in these my senior years. THANK YOU
What does it mean, to "prick out?"
Super helpful!