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Episode 175: No Dig with Charles Dowding

Podcast |: Roots and All - Gardening Podcast
Publisher |: Sarah Wilson
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Games & Hobbies,; Gardening,; Interview
Categories Via RSS |: Hobbies,; Home & Garden,; Leisure
Publication Date |: Sep 05, 2022
Episode Duration |: 00:27:05

This week, making his second appearance on the podcast, is my guest Charles Dowding. Charles is the leading proponent worldwide of No Dig gardening. He’s authored and co-authored many books and articles on the subject, including his latest book No Dig which is the result of 40 years experience and looks set to become the definitive text on the subject.

He produces enough food to sell to local restaurants and inhabitants, to feed all his course attendees and visitors and also his own household from his plot which until recently has only been a quarter of an acre in size, proving categorically that no-dig equals maximum productivity. He is a prolific generator of media content, his YouTube channel has over 55 million views and he’s bought the no-dig technique to a worldwide audience.

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What We Talk About

How Charles got started out in gardening

Why do we need compost for no-dig and is it essential to create our own?

No dig techniques on different types of soils

Giving the beds a year off (or not) and crop rotation

No-dig and plant pests and diseases

Why every last gardener in the UK hasn’t adopted no-dig!

About Charles Dowding

Charles Dowding is the leading proponent of no-dig gardening. Not only does he have a huge following, but his advice is born out of more than 40 years of growing, analysing, comparing, and recommending. He has been growing veg since 1981, having gardened in four different locations and grown hundreds of thousands of crops.

Charles currently gardens his modestly sized plot Homeacres, in Somerset, from which he produces enough food to sell to local restaurants and inhabitants, to feed all his course attendees and visitors and also his own household. He is a prolific generator of media content and has bought the no-dig technique to a worldwide audience.

Links

No Dig: Nurture Your Soil to Grow Better Veg with Less Effort by Charles Dowding - Dorling Kindersley, September 2022

www.charlesdowding.co.uk

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