No Dig Raised Bed Vegetable Garden

No dig gardening a method used in organic gardening is by no means new but it just happens to be one of 2020 s biggest garden trends.

No dig raised bed vegetable garden. It s morning and you re in bed. It also requires making the beds accessible from side paths as the producing earth should not be walked on at all. The no dig gardening method is almost a mix of lasagna gardening where you layer dirt and compost and raised bed gardening where you build a structure. We have never trodden on the beds so the soil isn t compacted and therefore never needs to be dug and the yield has been great.

Say 1 2 x 2 4m or 4x8ft filled with 15cm 6in compost. Charles dowding known as the guru of no dig has been. The no dig garden can be whatever height you desire. We have used the raised bed no dig method for nearly 6 years now in our community fruit and veg garden and had fantastic results.

Step 1 select and mark location. Here are the step by step instructions for building a no dig garden. The only difference is that you need to add an extra layer first when building on hard or rocky surfaces. No dig gardens built on existing garden beds or lawns.

You can feel the sun on the earth and smell the sweetness of plants in the. Starting your garden. A no dig garden consists of layers of organic material that are stacked up to form a rich raised garden area. The soil is still like fine breadcrumbs and thus very easy to weed.

Gardening is sublime especially growing your own vegetables in no dig gardens. I show how to prepare and assemble a wooden frame lay it on weedy ground without any digging then fill with compost firm and plant straightaway. There are umpteen thousand ways of raised bed gardening. Select a suitable location to construct a no dig garden bed.

You re layering non dirt material compost peat moss straw as opposed to dirt and compost. Gardening without digging or tilling is organic low maintenance and deeply satisfying. A raised vegetable garden bed can be as high as a kite as low as your toe and as many layers as you want to stack on. Vegetable seedlings flowering annuals herbs bulbs and strawberries all thrive in a no dig garden.

It can simply be on top of some unused grass with the grass and weeds left in place compost on top is sufficient to smother them with no digging needed.