No dig gardening – with Charles Dowding

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Immediate Media

Nature, Home & Garden, Leisure, Science

4.6 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Would you like to enjoy a bigger harvest and boost your wellbeing by doing less, rather than more, gardening? Have you been considering switching to the no-dig method for growing your own vegetables? Or are you simply curious to find out more about how it all works? Here, organic veg guru Charles Dowding tells GardenersWorld.com writer and enthusiastic grower, Blake Roberts, how. Author and champion of no-dig gardening, Charles Dowding, has been a leading authority on all-things no-dig since 1983 and now uses his time, and decades of experience, to teach others his growing techniques. It sounds like the Holy Grail for gardeners – to achieve better results and improve our health, all while doing a little less hard graft in the garden. We hear all about the science behind why it works, as well as how to get started, whatever the size of your plot. With years of observation from growing veg commercially on his West Country smallholding, Charles’ advice draws directly from real-world experiences and hard-won results. From a new way to look at soil improvement, to throwing out the rule book on crop rotation, Charles debunks plenty of gardening myths as he sets out a simple way to grow more, dig less, reap the rewards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name's Meren, grower for Ginsters, and I'm looking for an onion masseuse to help me grow the best veg for those delicious pasties.
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1:39.6	Hello and welcome to the BBC Gardner's World magazine podcast, brought to you by the team here at the magazine.
1:46.8	Join us as we chat all things gardening with the nation's favourite experts.
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