Living With The Land | Part 5 | No-Dig Gardening
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Growing organic vegetables commercially for over 30 years, Charles Dowding has developed a no-dig method of cultivation for temperate climate gardening. Charles introduces us to Homeacres, his 1/4 acre market garden. Now supplying year-round salad and fresh vegetables for local restaurants, Charles and his partner Steph Hafferty took just one winter to transform it from weedy pasture using mulch and no-dig gardening. Learn as Charles explains the ideas behind no-dig growing, (replicating nature through mulching and minimal soil disturbance), from his various experimental raised beds, as well as the importance of soil. ----- Narrated by Jekka McVicar, broadcaster, author and master herbalist | http://jekkasherbfarm.com For more info and resources on the work of Charles Dowding and Steph Hafferty please visit http://charlesdowding.co.uk and http://stephaniehafferty.co.uk/ Produced by Permaculture People | http://permaculturepeopleuk.tumblr.com for Permaculture magazine | http://permaculture.co.uk Logo designed by HIP Permaculture | http://hippermaculture.com Camera Mihali Moore | http://mihalimoore.co.uk and Tom Goudsmit | http://tomgoudsmit.com Photos courtesy of Charles Dowding ------ Living with the Land | The Films Living with the Land' is a series of nine short online films free to view and distribute. Produced by Permaculture People for Permaculture magazine the films showcase the people and projects in the UK designing ecologically sound and regenerative land based practices. The films will be released to coincide with the build-up to the 12th International Permaculture Convergence, in London this September | https://ipcuk.events To see all nine films see http://www.permaculture.co.uk/living-with-the-land
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I'm so torn. Going to move our gardens next year. We presently have raised beds, and I am in a similar, very wet, maritime climate. I like having distinct beds, and I'm afraid that simply having paths and rough beds, they will change and warp and shrink or grow with time.
Has anyone experimented with raised vs no dig?
How do you keep your paths and beds distinct and what about grass edges around the perimeter?
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Hard to do with 2 or 3 acres of land. Rasied beds coat to much to build beds 165 ft
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Beautiful
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How do you garden in straight compost? I tried growing in nothing but compost and I found that my garden bed had practically no drainage whatsoever. On top of that it attracted a lot of gnats. What when wrong? I eventually added perlite and coconut coir to add that drainage. But I want to learn how to grow in just compost. Someone point me in the right direction :)
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Great video. Anyone else interested in gardening please take a look at my channel ive just started off an organic Garden
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Very interesting, I'm sure my garden would only improve if I gardened more like this. Thank you.
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Amongst nature is definitely where us humans need to be. There's always so much wisdom in people who are close it.
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good...
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I've had the pleasure of visiting this garden and it truly is a sight to behold. This year I'm changing the way I garden.
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I love your videos and your pragmatic attitude.
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Thank you so very very much for the fantastic point of view and wonderful film-making that I will watch again and again!
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Who in the world didn't like it? Must be some idiot.
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hey hello I wonder if you may have some examples of vertical gardens/farms... here I am referring to those where we find that the plants are growing on long wide shelf's.. and the shelf's are placed at a certain height... on top of the other... this because as far as I know there is no better way to grow plants.... if you do have such examples... I want to ask you to provide links and to focus on these as to me they are the future and other option can compete with them
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I understand that as material decomposes, it needs nitrogen in order to feed those decomposition bacteria. Is this true and if so where does it come from in your garden? Thank you.
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That is a lot of fertility to be adding. Good stuff. Where does the fertility come from? Is it from off site, or is it grown onsite? One common approach is to have the tree trimming services dump their chipped/shredded material for use. It is a waste product for them, but very usable for the garden as free mulch, and free is good.
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Please this is just a constructive criticism:
I see the use of cardboard and plastic sheets. It IS possible to make a garden without ever using synthetic or toxic industrial products like cardboard and plastic.
I know there is an open debate about wether cardboard is accepetd to be used under the plant bed to kill the "weeds".
I have been gardening for over 50 years. Never used, never will use any cardboard.
Please watch Dr. Elaine Ingham videos here on YT. -
Thanks for sharing an informative and thought provoking video.
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