No Dig

Several members of the Allotment Association could be spied in the audience at Keen Hall on Thursday 24th October, attending a talk given by Charles Dowding on the subject of No Dig. The evening put on by Galleywood Horticultural Society attracted considerable interest as Charles presented his methods.

Charles Dowding has consistently deployed his no dig technique, from commercial market gardens to domestic. A recognised expert on the subject he has featured on Gardeners World and BBC Scotland's Beach Grove, and published various books with his ideas.

It occurred to us his technique of no dig may be most appealing to new plot holders, faced with a strip of land covered over with grass and potentially weeds. His method removes on the whole the need to dig over and remove all of this before any other activity undertaken, and demonstrates how to overcome with a series of steps using cardboard, manure and compost to suppress.

There are also a series of on line You Tube video's of his activities and it may be worth taking a view, not just for new plot holders, but for existing plot holders keen perhaps to take some manual effort out of their activities.

If any further information required, don't hesitate to catch up with Karen or Ray on site.