AN INTRODUCTION TO NO-DIG GARDENING

The idea of no-dig gardening was developed by an Australian named Esther Deans. It was originally both developed both as a activity saving idea, and a dummy to rejuvenate badly depleted soil in the vegetable garden.

The process involves starting tuck away layers of newspaper, again by adding lucerne hay, straw and compost in succeeding layers, you can create the upping medium without resorting to vulnerable digging, and by oneself that is rich in nutrients and which entrust walk through weeding and encourage your much desired plants to grow. The layers compost together, and greatly encourage earthworms. The gardens are maintained by adding manure, compost, etc., again should not be dug up, due to this leave undo its good work. we have used this approach to creating vegetable gardens, and it certainly does work.

The principle of not digging has sound foundations. Excessive cultivation of the soil, especially when very wet or very dry, will damage the structure of the soil, and undertake to compaction. Such excessive cultivation can also discourage the earthworms, and they are the best free labor a gardener has.

Some supporters of permaculture further whole-hog gardening have translated no-dig cadence never-dig, which i believe is sadly mistaken. If you start with a base soil that is awry compacted, then your no-dig garden cede initially work well, but you may discovery your garden does not continue to perform well. its innovatory layer you have built up will encourage the earthworms, though we do appreciate that the worms need to shelter from excessively hot, dry, cold or wet conditions. They have been found to seek shelter from extreme conditions by burrowing more deeply into its soil, sometime many feet down. If they can't shelter in this way, concrete is my contention that they will die out or move surface.

My opinion is which an initial cultivation of the soil before you accost the no-dig system will guarantee a better entourage for its worms, and ergo a better garden for growing your plants, over the longer term.

By all means donate the no-dig approach a try-you will be pleased keep from the result.