No Dig - Charles Dowding

No Dig: Nurture your soil to grow better veg with less effort
By Charles Dowding

Published by Dorling Kindersley - August 2022 - Hardcover - 290pp - 27.5cm x 18.5cm

Stop digging and start to truly understand the needs of your soil, for bumper harvests of healthier crops. Charles Dowding has spent a lifetime perfecting his no dig system of growing. At its core is an awareness that soil vitality is a dynamic process, involving a web of organisms which we can easily feed and support, enabling our plants to grow strong and healthy, in a weed-free environment. With clear, step-by-step instructions on how to set up a no dig plot, and detailed cultivation advice for over 80 crops, this book will revolutionise the way you grow.

Praise

‘No-dig expert Charles Dowding helps you grow bumper crops in harmony with nature, by preserving soil structure and nurturing fungal mycelium, in this inspiring all-new guide. There's step-by-step advice and photography to illustrate each part of the process, and calendars show what time of year to sow and harvest over 80 crops.’ — Margaret Bartlett, BBC Countryfile Magazine

‘Growing flowers is a joyous activity. But for many of us, tending vegetables brings another level of satisfaction. I've been a practitioner of the 'no dig' method championed by Dowding. His latest title will inspire and educate those who aspire to veg-growing, and encourage seasoned gardeners to explore different methods.’ — Rachel de Thame, The Sunday Times

Additional information

• ISBN: 9780241541814
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
• Publication date: August 2022
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 290
• Dimensions: 27.5 cm  x 18.5 cm  x 3 cm
• Weight: 1.050 kg
• Contributor: Photography by Jonathan Buckley 

About the author

Charles Dowding is an English horticulturalist and author who has pioneered modern no dig and organic soil management in the UK since 1983. Influenced by environmental writers such as Rachel Carson, he joined the Soil Association and began with his own organic, no dig market gardening, interested in improving quality of soil, while making a vegetable garden beautiful, ornamental, productive and supportive of biodiversity. Dowding started one of the UK's first vegetable box distribution schemes, bringing produce to local homes. He has worked four farms in Somerset, trialling and teaching organic, no dig methods and experimented with various forms of mulch.