New no dig area in June, big changes in 8 weeks. I show you the many exciting developments since April. Not all of them planned, or desirable! For a background to this, see the preceding video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA66WaH6Cu0
00:00 Welcome back to the new area
01:13 Herb Garden
02:12 Using black plastic against the bindweed and growing potatoes through holes in the plastic
04:09 New polytunnel
05:32 Rabbit dammage to beetroot
05:56 Broccoli growing well
06:27 Cropped spinach and on to cabbage covered with mesh to keep rabbits and insects off
07:23 Fennel leaves eaten by rabbits
07:39 New planting of asparagus
07:57 Peas and raspberries eaten by rabbits
08:13 Rhubarb doing well
08:36 Woodchip piles and green waste compost
09:23 Grass growth in the rest of the field
10.01 Rabbit dammage to pea plants and onions
11:16 Winter squash and courgette
13:10 Planning for lettuce
13:25 New pond and shed
14:04 Comparison of composts
Many things I show here are part of my own learning experience. It’s all exciting, including the woodchip/compost trial beds. I want to learn more about nature’s processes, how soil works, how plants grow and how to diminish weeds. Then share the understandings.
Filmed at Homeacres SW England by Edward Dowding https://edowdingfilms.onfabrik.com/portfolio
For more about cleaning soil of weeds by mulching, without any soil disturbance, see this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhKxC7oZQuo.
I have written an online course about this and other easy aspects of no dig https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/online-course-1-no-dig-gardening/.
We have published it in book form https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/charles-dowdings-no-dig-gardening-course-1-signed/
You can buy the online courses in sections too, such as this module on mulching to clear weeds https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/online-course-1-no-dig-gardening-module-4/
In SW England, buy green waste compost Wally Watson 07989 580872.
Mushroom compost from Woodland Horticulture https://www.woodlandhp.co.uk/composts-manures/
MORE FROM CHARLES
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To buy the module trays I designed with Containerwise, use this link https://containerwise.co.uk/product/charles-dowding-60-cell/
The Refill Room also hold stock of the module trays, https://www.refillroom.com/product-category/garden/
The Farm Dream sell these trays in Europe https://thefarmdream.com/product-category/propagation-trays/
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