For anyone who watches this channel, they’ll know that no dig vegetable gardening is the foundation to the way that I grow food. I realised that I don’t actually have a video summarising my take on what no dig is, and to talk about the history, core principles, key benefits and also the limitations no dig has to offer. One core part of no dig gardening is soil health and how much this benefits the crops in the garden, and I cover this briefly in this video but will look at it in much more detail in an upcoming episode.
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Absolutely brilliant mate you are a wholesome inspiration to me!
Yeah good topic, would using wood chips for a long time in the uk would increase the slug population or decrease it?
Months ago I said I was going to trial growing squash in stable clearings (mostly wood chip with poo) and you said there probably wouldn't be enough nutrients and you were right. However I also planted straight into the earth in the same area after noticing how good it looked. This area used to have a lot of trees and still has several tall ones over hanging to the north. The squash in the ground went bananas and I think that's due to the two stumps turning into compost and years of leaf mould naturally building up. The courgettes produced better than the ones in my planned, properly setup bed.
Next year I'm just going to dump compost on the ground and grow straight into it again as it's the perfect 'waste ground' for squash to spread out. One day I'll get a greenhouse there but don't have time at the minute to sort out leveling the ground properly etc so 10 squash plants + 1 courgette (Never grow more than one courgette plant is an important lesson…haha) can call it home instead.
I have a mixed blessing when it comes to making my own compost. The near edge of the farmers field behind me has more nettles/green alkanet/cleavers than I can ever need for compost so I don't struggle like some others. However I also I end up with a tonne of baby nettle plants because I would feel very awkward clear cutting someone else's field edge and also butterflies living in it would be harmed.
Dr Elaine Ingham(soil scientist)teaches how to study and analyse your own soil,ammend it and teaches why how to have the right soil biology benefits soil structure and improves food nutrition. Fascinating!
https://youtu.be/BbeFAlf244w Thinking out the box
I've been doing this for years in my tiny garden. I love no dig
Awesome
thanks for the tutorial
I really appreciate your intelligent, informative, heartfelt videos, Huw, but I think they would sometimes be more watchable if you had a few breathing spaces in between the talking sections. Thank you. 🙂
I love the idea of no dig, and would love to incorporate it, but I've gone huglekulture and my beds are 3 sleepers high. I have autumn and spring planting and add compost each time, but I'm finding the bed sinks, and the soil compacts hard in the middle and makes it harder for the roots to go down so I'm digging compost in once a year just to losen the compacting. Have you heard of anyone combining huglekulture and no dig and getting good results?
This garden is insane!! Fantastic. Get @avantgardevegan over to cook with amazing Welsh produce.
https://youtu.be/iA–zyoA6Mc – Please read the PFD-Datei unter the Video.
Muchas gracias por compartir tus conocimientos y tus opiniones sobre como trabajar la huerta.
Me pregunto si has publicado algún vídeo sobre como planificar un huerto familiar.
Do I remove fungus in 1st year no dig ? Or is it a good sign
Huw you're a legend. Just received my copy of Veg in one bed. Ive just flicked through it quickly for now, but within 10 seconds I can see why this book has been so successful. The layout and maximum use of no dig beds across an entire year. How utterly brilliant! Any great gardening book needs to be one that you can dip into every month and learn from your plot as you go along, this is me sorted for 2022, I will work through this and see how it works out in my garden.
So hardworking Young man, GOD BLESS ❤
The only place in my yard I've been able to install raised beds is near my neighbor's redwood trees, and I'm finding the tree roots are getting into the beds (even though I've lined them), which makes everything I grow struggle. Does anyone else out there in YouTube land deal with tree roots invading their raised beds? I desperately want to garden "no dig/no till," but I cannot figure this out.
I can't afford stuff to apply in layers. It's seriously expensive in any quantity and I can't use mulch from trees bc they are native eucalypts and so allelopathic. "Sourcing" is a major problem that is impossible to overcome on the scale I need. 🙁
Hi Huw, I just got my first allotment plot, finding your videos very helpful!
Awesome video!
Hi Huw, the ‘No Dig method’ with minimal soil disturbance in theory sounds excellent. However, what composition of soil and compost is in your raised beds? Surely growing into a raised bed with only compost as the growing medium will not work for ever plants to great success. Any feedback would be appreciated. Cheers
Thank you a lot Huw for your channel. I learned a lot of gardening and.. English 🙂
Excellent info Huw! I learned a lot
Just tried the no dig method for switching the summer crops out to fall crops after watching your video. But the summer crops keep growing back among my new seedlings. My raised beds look pretty crazy now. What should I do