Charles Dowding's no dig garden in May

[@jakevikifan8228]

There is nothing in the world more delightful than a well-kept organic vegetable garden - like this one!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That's nice thanks :)

[@waterisgold]

You are a real inspiration to millions❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Aw Thank you 🙂

[@pedromunoz4468]

U got thiss

[@jeshurunfarm]

He is a blessing to us all.

[@ricksanchez3628]

So are you

[@matthiasbitsch7845]

the cat playing in the dig bed and maybe damaging plants is actually a good part of the trial i think. shes lying on the dig bed because the space is not filled up by plants. the nodig bed protects itself from that by filling up space quickly. thanks for the wonderful tour Charles. I really enjoyed it :-)

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

💚 !

[@irishcottagerenovation9900]

Home acres is looking wonderful and a pleasure to be shown round all the healthy looking veg and flowers by you. Your garden is a brilliant example of how beautiful a veg garden can be. Your a tonic for us all, thank you

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Cheers Scott :)

[@irishcottagerenovation9900]

It’s Heather from west of Ireland

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ah Heather!!!!! Sorry and thanks

[@Anonymous-km5pj]

did enjoy the tour, thank u rotfl.... love how he walks on his soil such a rebel..cat determined to get in vid wanna try copper wire ether conductor this year, js

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you for your kind words 🙂

[@clairegarnham2742]

Charles, I do love your videos and the enthusiasm you show. It’s like you are as proud of your veggies as you would be about your children…..it is lovely to see. Have a successful season . Thanks

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks Claire

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you 🙂 and you also

[@macsdj6472]

I love the interaction with the cat. I've had the best success this year with no dig in a challenging new garden. Thanks for all the amazing encouragement to help me keep growing as a gardener despite the challenges. All the best from zone 8b in Canada! Cheers.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Great to hear! Makes me happy 💚

[@TheFunctionalForce]

Woooow Charles! The garden is looking bountiful already! Our beds are still looking quite small, but things are growing (broccoli being the strongest right now). We’ve had heat (24-26C) and totally dry weather for about 3 straight weeks now, but also lots of wind in the afternoon/evenings. Now you’ve obviously sent us your clouds (but not a lot of rain forecasted…). Aaaanyway! We can’t wait to see all your paradise in real life!!! 🫢🫢🥹🥹🥹

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks Ximena and see you soon, it will be fascinating to swap notes

[@martinhorridge4794]

Another great tour of homeacres. Thanks Charles. Also excellent filming from Nicola - well done very professional.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Cheers Martin she likes that!

[@homegardens7682]

All looking good Charles. Hope your back is all OK now. Such a pain (quite literally) to us gardeners.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ah thanks. Really helped by cranial osteopathy

[@smas3256]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Alternative to conventional is my way also. Cranial Sacral is another one. Best wishes.

[@homegardens7682]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Great it helped Charles.

[@Awellsfarm]

Good day Charles , we do a foliar spray of home made lactobacilli on all our plants to inoculate them with " probiotics" the same microbes in our gut actually work as endophytes in roots and on plant leaves . They colonize in the tricomes or leaf hairs in this case and help stop mildew and rusts from populating on the leaf . Maybe something to try on your garlic rust . It's also been shown to help process nitrate in the plants into amino acids for stronger cells and protein structure. Great may tour !

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks so much and I shall try that

[@ShayBayBay585]

I would Love, Love, Love to just walk around your gardens and talk to you. How beautiful your beds are and how soothing your voice is when you talk about your plants just melts away my anxiety. Thank you so much. You have no idea how much you help me mentally and emotionally (and my gardens physically lol) Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge with us that need and cherish it the most. God bless 🫶🏽💚🫶🏽💚

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That's so nice Chandall and I'm so happy to be able to help you 💚

[@TheFunctionalForce]

This is so beautiful 🥰🥰

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you 💚

[@TheWatching11]

Minty helping you firm the garden bed...too cute! Anyone can be a gardener. And obviously a 'no dig' supporter!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Yes she is kinda cool!

[@ginnyross7289]

In swing as you say the weather has brought on so much growth and dawn chorus is fabulous. Ireland is lush and heady with the scent of May blossom and exuberant growth. Very much looking forward to meeting you on your up coming trip to Cork in July. 👍

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That's nice to hear Ginny 💚

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

thank you and I look forward to meeting you also 🙂

[@amandar7719]

The cat! 😄. Top dressing with home made compost in Spring keeps the resident robin happy. 🪱🪱🪱 😃 Mine (generation no dig) has no idea what a fork or spade means. But a wheelbarrow? Well… he’s worse than the paparazzi! 😂

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😂

[@JH-su3rn]

Thank you for your wonderful videos. I came across your videos in December 2020 and I’ve been no dig ever since - I’m certainly seeing a great improvement in my soil quality at the allotment and I’m loving the less weeding. Your videos are so informative.. and relaxing to watch too - I particularly enjoyed Minty’s cameo appearance - what a cuddlesome cat!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ah cool and great to hear

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

This is great to hear and thank you 🙂 🐈

[@stevewebster5729]

On the more unusual plant front, I came across Skirret (very popular in the Roman and Medieval Europe, until the 17th century when the potato became common) and got some seeds from Hungary. It's in now and I'm keen to see whether it grows well

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Yes it's mentioned in Shakespeare. I grew it 2013-15, nice harvest, fiddly to clean

[@zimmermanlandscape9287]

I saw one of your videos about composting with the cages and fabric. That was a good idea about the pallets underneath. One of the strategies I use since I am too cheap to use up good cages and fabric …. Lay down hay on top of the pallets then stack up 8” compost and another layer of hay. Continue the 8” stacks upward until you don’t feel like shoveling that high anymore. The compost will just sit there in a vertical column. Always leave hay sticking out past where the compost is going to lay. I produce my own hay by sharpening up the inside corners of a garden rake with a round file and drag it through the tall grass along the roadside

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Unique methods!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Good morning, Charles, from Windermere, Florida 9b USA 🇺🇸 I always enjoy your tours because your enthusiasm is catchy 👍 I love the pond. It really turned out great. I was concerned about you trying to dig & leave. I figured you were going to near a liner. The rock border is really eye-catching! Really, it all looks great 👍 ❤Peggy❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

thank you 🙂

[@conniehusband1365]

Wonderful to see your 'No Digs' Charles! My no dig is an absolute MARVEL! The success story over bindweed is Joyful!!! Still the odd bit popping up but no concern over that. Like your words of wisdom ......Just keep at it and it will eventually give up🍅

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you for your kind words and pleased to hear that you are overcoming the battle with your bindweed.

[@neiuke1149]

Everything just got even better when the cat entered the video! :D She really loves you and gardening too. Lovely to watch!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you! 😊

[@ellesbells902]

Hello Charles! It's a wonderful time of year, good to see you, thanks for a new video 🌱

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

💚

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🙂

[@sewnonny2721]

Thank you Charles, another inspiring video . Watched this morning and it encouraged me to head straight to my allotment at 7.30 am. Please keep being you !

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😂 wonderful, and thanks

[@tmd7859]

Gardening godfather.....30 minutes yes please!!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

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[@julesgoh]

What an amazing May garden! Thank you Sir Charles! And I love the meadows and of course your cat messing up your trial 😂 Love the No Dig sign too! Nice to know who created it

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ah thanks Jules 💚 I'm proud of him

[@marilynclayton3430]

I think the variety of peas is called alderman tall telephone peas. The company is ed Hume seed company. 😊I love these seeds. 💚

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks and I do grow Alderman which is different to these. Alderman is a podding pea, these are snap peas, mangetout. Thanks for details

[@riverstun]

I always let some onions go to flower. (1) it helps pollinators, (2) you can use scissors to cut the florets and sprinkle in salads for a sweet, mild, onion flavor, no chopping needed.

[@shimilangagardens]

Always amazed and impressed with your new developments. Also jealous at how far ahead your crops are in May compared with mine (Vermont, USA- Zone 4a). Lucky bugger. Thanks for all the valuable insights.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks and yes we are fortunate weatherwise. I hope summer goes well for you

[@marchantnick]

Hi Charles, love your videos, as always. Just a small tip on the new pond: you might mound some stones up against one of the edges so that newts and other amphibians climb out. The newts will be emerging from their breeding ponds soon, and will surely find your one fairly soon!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Hi Yes we need to change it

[@dafyddrhobert2414]

Here in mid-Wales, the garden is like concrete. The heat is making many seeds cook in the ground. Tomatoes and cucumbers are wilting even when hydrated twice a day. They need potting on again before they are anywhere near large enough to plant in the growhouse. The garlic rotted in the winter rain. Brassicas and beans are doing fine and the shallots are almost ready to harvest. These didn't have to be directly sown but the directly sown seeds are not responding. I can't wait for some rain 1200l of rainwater was used in ten days and now using mains water.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Oh no, it is indeed becoming stressful, we are using a lot of mains water here. It sounds like you need more organic matter on the soil though if the tomatoes can't hold moisture for a day. Your 1200 L figure puts rain harvesting in perspective!!

[@drewblack749]

The succession planting is key. It’s a big reason I tune in.

[@jennyjohnson9012]

Thoroughly enjoyed that Charles! Always such an inspiration. I love the way Minty follows you around. I have a few like that lol and they always squash my plants!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you enjoyed it Jenny, and luckily she is light!

[@SaintCoemgen]

You have over the years transformed my gardening experience. With your no dig philosophy. So I hope I can pay this a bit forward regarding hard neck garlic growing. I have been growing hard neck garlic for a very long time -- 15 years-ish. Here, where I live, nobody seems to eat much lettuce, but they like garlic. So for me this is an important crop. Every year I put in more and more hard neck garlic. Last year it was 700 cloves. So, after that long introduction a few comments to pay forward to help you grow garlic. 5:44 - Rather than bend them off. give them a little bit of a up and down tug. Best if the scape has curled a but. Then the scape will self snap off in the stem and give you a larger harvest. 7:10 - I tried no dig garlic once. It got rust. Garlic likes if feet to not be too wet. An like tomatoes and wine vines, I suspect that rain "bounces" up disease from the soil. I put down a layer of straw around my outdoor tomatoes and their rust issues go away. But I admit I till my outside garlic simply because if I did not,the bulbs would rot. There is a reason that most hard neck garlic is grown in places that are dry... like Spain or Portugal. I do not think that no dig is the issue, rather that rain splashing up fungal spores are a problem and that no dig can hold too much water from outside conditions in the wrong climate. I would not lay down a mulch over my garlic, as again, that can cause soil rot for the same reason, but a simple cover over them during heavy rain to appropriately limit water into the soil during the last 2 months of growth may be a simple solution to rust. Which may be why you see a difference between your inside versus outside garlic. I do not do this, as I simply grow too much garlic to make it cost effective. So I hoe my garlic in the spring. Sad... But I get great garlic doing so. Hope this helps.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks :) I appreciate that. Although the roots are not wet here, and most rust this year happened when the rain stopped. And we water quite heavily undercover

[@jenniferspring8741]

So much appreciate you taking the time to tour us around your garden when you’re so busy! Everything looks great & is a wonderful learning opportunity. Enjoy your summer Charles!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks Jennifer

[@lilpipskweek6448]

You certainly put things in perspective. I have only one end of my plot with bindweed. No need for me to get in a lather when I see what you have achieved in eradicating this invader. Very enjoyable tour Charles thank you.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That is nice thanks Lil

[@stevendowden2579]

great video

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Cheers Steven

[@brucehitchcock3869]

You got me started on no till 10 yrs ago i think . Regenerative ag and market gardens like yours are changing everything brother. Thanks ,Big thanks! and much love to you dear Charles.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

So good to hear Bruce and thanks for your feedback

[@TJtheHAWK]

Love the garden updates Charles. So fun to take notes and compare it to my garden here in New Hampshire. The cat was very funny!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ah wonderful!

[@sarahhughes9914]

I love how Minty is taking part in the garden tour 😅😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks Sanne she really likes it here!

[@arcadiapermaculture974]

Looking great. I pick up a new tidbit every time I watch one of your videos! Thanks for doing what you do, Charles.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ah cool and thanks

[@petpawteek8776]

Wow, the difference between the dig and no-dig gardens this season is stark! Thanks for sharing all that you're doing at Home Acres! Take it easy with you're back. I've been gardening with severe back issues for the last several years and it can be a struggle. Take care❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks, was sorted by a cranial osteopath, see if you can find one :)

[@petpawteek8776]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig will do. I’m trying anything I can to avoid surgery.😬

[@TheMartyMarf]

Why not create a new dig / no dig area in the ‘new’ ground to teach us the differences from the outset. You can also then reclaim the 11 year old dug bed and make that another comparison to the no dig bed to see how quickly it recovers. It would be interesting to know. Thanks for all you do Charles, I’ve learnt so much from you

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks for interesting ideas, shall see, nice to hear

[@terrialice6139]

Always enjoy visiting Homeacres and seeing what you are doing and taking in the knowledge you share. Special treat today was having Minty participate. She is darling.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

💚

[@smudgy1773]

Minty 🐈‍⬛ definitely upstaged you this video 😍

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Sigh!! Oscat.

[@joyscott374]

What an incredible garden you have, it was really lovely to see it all. Thank you and your team for bringing us these fantastic videos, they are very helpful and you make things so easy to understand. Much appreciated. I'm off now to sow some Beetroot, Carrots & Lettuce...🌺

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you for your kind words 🙂

[@sjnealeservices8549]

Last Sunday was such a joy. Thank you. Btw, I love your new assistant - Minty.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ah thanks, glad you enjoyed the day

[@amyelizabeth1330]

I absolutely love your videos and your natural, calming approach. It’s a real treat to watch and a fabulous way to learn, all of my early showings got ruined by wind taking the greenhouse and temperature changes, but I’ve tried again and hopefully with your helpful videos I’ll get to eat something! Thank you so much 🙏🏻.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you for your kind words and I am sorry to hear this about your early sowings.

[@9172Nee]

Fantastic and inspiring ! It is an ongoing learning watching your videos, and I love it try to do it in the same way with more or less sucess but and a lot of fun and different things to eat. I havent worked out how you manage to get all these flowers and vegetables ready at the certain time. Great job!

[@KristinP-zi2dj]

Charles, your lovely garden is a joy to behold!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

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[@PatrickKazmierczak]

Lol! When he was walking on the bed and the cat happened by and was like “are you alright, mate?”. Brilliant

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😀

[@mike1968442]

So nice to see an animal with you.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😀

[@turtle2212]

Oh I love your videos so much! Every time I get new inspiration on interplanting/sowing. And yes, this is a very busy time of the year. I just finished planting my outdoor peppers! Thanks so much Sir Charles 😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ah cool and wow, outdoor peppers. I dared to plant one :)

[@A1allotment]

Great to see a 30 minute video, they are usually too short!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

💚

[@irenesmith5676]

Hi Charles loved every minute 👏👏👏👏 thank you lv Irene 😘 xx

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you Irene 🙂

[@daliacastello2608]

I always learn from you I didn’t know about lettuce not cross pollinate I leave some for seed also that info is super helpful

[@jez-bird]

I also found that interesting 😁

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🙂

[@alanchamberlain4173]

Great tour, thank you. No rust on garlic this year for me. Very strange, but maybe the wetter early spring helped?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That's so interesting Allan and we also had the early wet spring and there was very little rust then, it's still a mystery to me

[@kevinbleakley5069]

Epic! And love the cat too!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😀 🐈

[@cherylanon5791]

i notice that Mr Dowding says "we" did about 5 hours work..... I would love to have all of his crew work 5 hours on my 60 x 115 ft garden (plus more with currants, apples, honeyberries and pears). Just one person cannot achieve Mr Dowding's many beds. I applaud his work---but it would be best to show his entire crew, not sure why only Mr Dowding is shown, I appreciate his efforts but let's include his entire crew, Thank you for listening. Best of luck with your new plot and the bindweed battle!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

We includes everyone in this context. You write as though I'm pretending that I do it all and clearly that's not the case. In other videos I mention my helpers, Adam who does 40 hours a week (salaried, has paid holidays) and two part-time people who do 16 hours weekly each, and sometimes a volunteer is helping for a day a week. Much time is on picking and currently we sell over £900 weekly

[@cristiano7878]

It's always a pleasure to see you in home acres. Have you ever try to make compost directly on the cultivated ground? Put small amount of green waste slightly interrated. I'm trying an experiment in a small portion of my garden, we'll see

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Interesting :)

[@joannefildew9092]

Looking great! Really looking forward to the use of magnetic water results. 😊

[@kjh23gk]

The anti-tiger rocks look to be working well!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😎

[@Dinckelburg]

Hi Charles, thank you for your incredible videos these past few years. You've inspired myself, my partner and my friends to start no dig gardens and we get constant compliments and praise for our allotment which we have modelled heavily on your garden at Homeacres. If you saw it you'd probably immediately spot the influence 😊 I hope to visit one day and let you know in person how much I owe my success to you. Much love, Kane

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks Kane, that's wonderful to hear and I'm so pleased that my methods are replicable!

[@robertcotrell9810]

Always an inspiration! We're approaching 3 or 4 weeks since it last rained in my neck of the woods, so lots of watering.

[@EtherealSunset]

As always, it's a joy to see your garden. It's really good to see you growing things around your asparagus. I'd love some asparagus in my garden, but haven't really got the space to have a bed that's just asparagus. If I can grow radish, peas and beans alongside them, then I could grow them.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Yes, when the plants are less than about three years old, it's feasible for vegetables which finish around mid summer. Then, with older beds, you can cut asparagus stems to the ground in about mid October, to plant overwintering spinach, salad onions, and salad plants if your climate is mild enough in winter.

[@viewandsoundsofnature]

Very interesting , thanks for sharing!!!!!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

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[@PaulMalasorte]

Started watching you 3 years ago but just now i finally made an account and subscribed to you, i also finally decided to instead of dreaming about gardening i went and bought a little piece of land, there were some hardships but i am glad i caught the bug and it grew and grew and i feel i need to do it, learned a lot from your videos so Thank you very much!❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you, this is great, I look forward to seeing your progress 🙂

[@demoisellelenina]

I noticed rust happens to those long time growing plants (including house plants ) at the time when they do need decent good air and sunlight and temp, yet they dont get it, so they had to fight vs sudden change of temp moisture etc.

[@anniecochrane3359]

Oh those purple lupins and allium are gorgeous!!!! Everything bursting with wellbeing

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

thank you 🙂

[@carolynhoff7668]

Please take care of yourself so you don’t get sick or burned out. Love love your videos! 🥰

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

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[@metubewot]

Here's a new thing for me Charles. I planted out a few parsley plants, only to find them beheaded in the morning. I replanted spares in place of them then covered them with a net. Later on I was in the greenhouse when a starling landed, and walked about biting pieces of potato leaves/shaws, and other plants. It looked a bit frantic, whatever it was looking for, but very likely the parsley culprit. I think it's young ones might have been ill or a similar reason, but it's a first for me.

[@HighWealder]

I have had a problem with birds in the past, particularly crows and pigeons eating tops off climbing beans, plus blackbirds digging up squash plants in search of worms. My solution has been to surround new plants with leafy twigs to disguise them and seems to work.

[@metubewot]

@@HighWealder Thanks Friend, I'll add that to the arsenal.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Amazing we have crops! Glad you sussed it

[@jenniferwalters579]

You just told me the long neck don’t get as large. I’m done 6b. I’ll go harvest some scapes now! Thanks for that tip! Love your style!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ah cool!

[@MrBoytonius]

So beautiful. Youve taught me so much Charles! Thanks a bunch (of flowers).

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you 🙂

[@chilbertuk1960]

always a beautifu garden thank you

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you 🙂

[@moriahm9926]

Minty helping pack the top dressing

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😂

[@catherinelash3036]

Hello Charles, this is Catherine from North Carolina! It's been raining a few days, now; everything's coming up green! Good day to you!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Oooh that's nice, please send some rain!

[@jasonknight5045]

love the tour thank you!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

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[@bettytsang]

I would like to see more of Minty pretty please 🙂

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

She does not hang around!

[@steveo_o6707]

You have an amazing garden. I’d love to see how your fruit trees look

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Late summer shall check!

[@tamararoberts9307]

Aaaawww that kitty sure loves you ❤️ 😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🐈 🙂

[@mabastomer301]

amazing goldfinch sound at 11:43🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

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[@georgefarrell]

Noted the problem with rust on outdoor garlic, Charles. My crop covered with rust this year. Took them out today, as plants falling over. Bulbs much smaller but in good condition. Cant understand why as I have been growing garlic in same general area for many years. Best wishes from Ireland.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Cheers George andI wonder if it may be to do with atmospheric pollution from the trails

[@ryanfitzalan8634]

I hope to be at this level of macro planting harvesting once my garden gets going. I only just began bed creation from cardboard, store bought compost and straw. This year in the North East US is suppose to be below average rain, I'm not sure if that corresponds to across the pond as well due to the gulf stream and weather direction. I think in previous years of your dig/ no dig experiment, its more difficult to tell the difference, but its when drought hits that suddenly there is a highly noticeable gap in progress. untouched soil will compact and maintain structure and micro-organism body, it just hold moisture and experiences less desiccation via wind and sun.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

You got it Ryan, more difference in dry weather and it's suddenly super dry!

[@rcook2608]

I’m diggin the garden, amazing

[@pavana2810]

Haha. Garden joke. Diggin the no dig garden. Is that British slang too?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😂

[@nizamkuccukaytekin2845]

Türkiye'den selamlar. Şu toprak kazma işine insanlar çok emek ve çok masraf ediyorlar toprağı kazmadanda bu işin hemde daha iyi olacağını düşünmüyorlar. Umarım sizin bilgilerinizden yeterince faydalanırlar. Umarım verimli bir yaz geçerşrsiniz.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Bunu duymak çok güzel ve lütfen altyazıları sağladığımız için bu bilgiyi Türkiye'de paylaşın.

[@eadjh98]

I certainly did enjoy the Tour Charles! It certainly keeps me inspired! Also enjoyed your little helper “ Minty” ❤️👍

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you enjoyed it 🙂 🐈

[@anapaulacrawford5837]

Like always, what a paradise you got ! Thank you for inspiring thousands ! 😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you for your kind words 🙂

[@carolynhoff7668]

Love the addition of the beautiful, sweet kitty! She obviously likes you!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks Carolyn and you've reminded me I need to give her breakfast!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🐈 💚

[@Idontwantachannel67]

Lovely May tour. In CA its been an unusually cold and wet spring. My garden is weeks behind normal. 😅

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks Danielle. Nothing is normal anymore weatherwise! I hope you get some warmth soon.

[@angeliquegraffeuil7163]

Waouh, waouh j’aurais voulu avoir un homme comme ça auprès de moi j’ai un jardin et j’adore jardiner. J’ai aussi plein de légumes et je parle à tous mes légumes et mes plantes donc j’adore vous regarder. Merci pour ces merveilleux vidéos. Bonjour depuis la France❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ah c'est chouette Angelique 💚

[@daliacastello2608]

I tried eating scapes to my taste buds they had a floral taste couldn’t get used to the perfume in them

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

It's true they are strong flavoured

[@markgray484]

Bloody brilliant, so inspiring 🙏🙏🙏

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you Mark

[@jeshurunfarm]

Thanks Charles, really love your garden tours, it's good for a gardener's soul. My Swiss Chard is really looking the best they've ever been, thanks to your encouragement and God's grace. Respect from Africa 🇿🇦

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

So pleased and thank you 🙂

[@delphinium5555]

Lovely, thank you Charles. As soon as you mentioned watering I was out there!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😂 gah yes!

[@chompers11]

another amazing video, thank you so much for sharing

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

thank you 🙂

[@Power_Prawnstar]

At a guess, I'd say that whilst compost is a great mulch in the wet times, when it gets dry, something like pea straw would help, for sure.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

A fair guess but interestingly, in practice, compost works well in dry conditions as well, because any small amounts of rain can pass through quickly and reach new routes in the soil, as many gardeners are finding in dry climates like Arizona and Central Australia

[@Power_Prawnstar]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig I'm in Adelaide Australia, we had 25mm a week ago and my mulched soil is almost bone dry, same climate as central Aus, windy and dry for the most part, if I don't mulch, that would happen within a day. I no dig my garden, make my own compost, but yeah, we need mulch as compost does dry out and cake a little bit, I've been experimenting using purely home made compost and it's great up to about 25 degrees, but when it gets hotter than that I have to lay down pea straw.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks for sharing that, sounds good

[@Power_Prawnstar]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig If you ever come to Australia mate, I'd love for you to come and have a look at what I've done here, Full no dig, I'm a lawnmower by profession so I have almost unlimited compost and I live 15 minutes from the Barossa Valley where my folks reside. Thanks for the vids, I love them.

[@ttsang11]

Love your garden as always ❤ thanks for sharing and love seeing minty the cat!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you 🐈

[@deanwood4298]

I love the colours and textures of the garden. My salad alone is to look apon let alone consume. No dig allows u more time enjoy your garden &the organic meals created from it . Many thanks for your insight and the joy and pleasure it brings.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you for your kind words 🙂

[@PawPawMountain]

Really Enjoy your videos Charles, Thanks for all the great information on the No Dig method! Your Gardens are looking Great!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That's lovely thanks

[@madelaineteresinhaschroer6531]

As aulas mais gostosas de assistir. Obrigada por tudo. 🌱

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Isso é bom!

[@Ann-qf5vk]

Have to add had amazing results from boxes great cauliflowers beetroot onions and leeks but I'll have to be brave re front garden and just take it a bit at at a time. Haven't harvested the tatties yet but got some carrots.

[@stefflus08]

I had 10m² of Barley last year as a trial to see if it ripened at 67° N. It did, that year at least. I threshed it just the other day, I wish I had a suitable floor to thresh on like they did in the old days, but I don't. So I did it by putting it in a stretch fabric bed sheet between the legs of some upside down chairs. Then I wacked it with a two foot, long, 3/4 inch stick. It's probably good to get some whip into the hits rather than using a too heavy stick. I alternated hitting it outside and putting the stick into the grain and thrashing it about, literally. Was done in ten minutes.

[@samanthahoos9827]

Interplanting is a game changer! Thank you for teaching!

[@jez-bird]

I agree 😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🙂