I built 2 raised beds in the garden and filled with compost. Thanks for any advice. Have you tried this or whats your opinion about this as a seasoned gardener . Thank you very much for your tip on pea supports, nice idea. i have recently come across your Youtube channel and thank you so much for the informative videos. After adjustments of your planting dates to my Midwest USA weather conditions, your organic, no-dig methods have worked very well. what can I do? Mie, Southern Denmark, Hello Mie I have seen versions where the manure is placed in a hole so that only about a foot / 30 cm (frame + covering) is above the ground. Thanks again for being such a great gardening friend to everyone. Two years ago for example I bought some from a seller who is a friend, he told me that the compost was six months old. I,m amazed how well your system works, first time I have ever got parsnips to grow. Good luck with the new beds. For numbers look up USDA climate zone. I will just be sowing/planting in old sour cream pots this year: portable, hopefully by the time planting time arrives I will have somewhere to put them, otherwise I will have to give them away. Pallet size seems slightly too small to get really hot except in the summer. Greetings from Wellington, New Zealand. Sit down. I have set up some beds to start off with this year with double layer of cardboard from the removal boxes) and well composted cow manure from the organic dairy farm across the road. My last frost date is mid-March which is around 2 months earlier than yours. WebYou can add more cedar shavings to your pet beds as filler and it can also be used for bedding for horses and other livestock.. Buy Tractor Supply Flake Premium Pine Animal Shavings, 8 cu. Hi Charles, Hence for example I do not recommend sowing salad rocket and mizuna in the spring because its their flowering season, although many gardeners do and are happy with the smaller yield and insect-damaged leaves, compared with healthier leaves and more weeks, even months of picking, from August sowings. Any other advice would be welcome. Just a quick question. Thankyou you jill. For this we used your recommended 30g per m2. Tenemos un centro hpico y all un estercolero muy muy grande donde se deposita el estircol junto a la paja (de trigo). Confusing! If I cut them out of the bed would that damage the tree? That was what I was figuring (start with your dates) but its nice to have my thoughts backed up by your experience. Hi Charles. There is no automatic formula for matching dates to zones because of how the zonal classification is somewhat random, and mostly based on last and first frost dates from what I can tell. I know that the seedlings can be buried, but is there a stage they get to when youd consider binning and starting again? I am thinking that I will put them in to follow either my peas (Hurst greenshaft) or my french beans (cobra and sunshine). Im glad youre enjoying the growing options. However, I dont know which of these preventative actions contributed to my relative success. I live in the countryside, south of Paris. I have noticed that you never mention pepper and sweet pepper. I also find adding a bit of native soil or bat guano (for microbes) makes the plants a lot happier. Good luck! Its not true, in my experience. Never too late Kerri. ashtama shani for mithuna rasi 2020 to 2023..The Sani increases. Thanks for your feedback, nice for other beginners. Sow outside is the same seeds as under cover but a week earlier, with last salad sowings by 10th September outside. I dont know if Charles has any other slant on this, Hi Charles, Although winters are generally mild ( Ive harvested peppers on Christmas) with last/first frost dates April 7/ Nov 15, summers are very hot (July Aug Average hi/lo mid 80s/ low 70s). Im pretty new to gardening and would like to follow some timetable before I figure out my own. From these guidelines, you can work out best dates through keeping notes and observing. For example the waxing force may not be useful in certain seasons if its wrong time by the weather or climate or day length. Economy. I have just ordered your 2021 calendar and have already started indoor sowings of tomates, leeks, peppers etc. How much of a layer of cow manure/compost would you recommend for this crop, or might this cardboard be a bit too soggy (wet Irish climate) to do so? I plant garlic in September and harvest in May. Later this year I will add a lot of compost on my soil and start to fully follow your method. 2 Needs to be less space demanding vegetables carrots, beetroot, onion family, all salads and most herbs, bulb fennel, celery, spinach. Just lovely how you share your wisdom with everyone for free. Fortunately our local climate is much like yours so I can follow your lead! Did you have a lot of subsidence (pits?) Currently making beds, my aimed first sowing date is last week of january. Thank you so much Charles! Im in the north east of Scotland so climate is colder but it has been very mild this year at 17C just 2 days ago. ashtama shani for mithuna rasi 2020 to 2023..The Sani increases. Thanks Simon, nice to hear. We lived and gardened in Salt lake for 16 years. Will rust from my leeks spread to the garlic, presuming the garlic shows leaf before leeks are harvested of course? Can you sow them immediately after putting down cardboard and lets say 10cm of compost? G Red is all I recommend at this time. I was planning on waiting another week and then putting them out, so first week April. Thanks John. Its my wifes family name. I dont even have electricity in the greenhouse, and suggest that you do, those are good ideas for high value output such as bedding plants. Or perhaps youre not raising so many new plants in mid summer, with emphasis on say growing tomatoes and peppers and then you make a fall garden. Also, can I compost in winter? Ive been keeping a garden journal for a few years and have been reviewing my results and observations. Not sure Olga! Theres been a period between autumn and winter where the beds are all full but theres been not much to harvest, everything takes so long to grow at this time of year, but I would like to try and correct this, plant earlier and have a more continual harvest. Someone was asking about direct seeding parsnips in spring = direct sewing all seeds with long germination (especially during windy and/or sunny spells). Im currently teaching Erdkinder at a Montessori school and our curriculum has a heavy focus of hands on, small-scale market gardening. Are you cropping in winter in the tunnel I wonder how much grass remains as surface residue say by October? I have also started my onion seeds this past Saturday like you did in groups and hope they sprout. It sounds like you need to pick them sooner. Hey Daichi, I have a little no dig farm called Shiwa GREEN Farm in Iwate near Morioka. Hey Charles a quick question from nova scotia canada. We began planting in April. Now I am living in a Mediterranean climate (zone10/10b) with frosts rarely occurring, lowest temp in the last 10 years has been 5 degrees late january. map here http://www.planthardiness.gc.ca/?m=1). I am so enjoying your books and you tube videos. Each individual shola flower is carefully made into a life-like flower. Where I am creating my no dig beds is a close to a stream that floods this doesnt mean it floods where the beds are but does get very wet in winter. Thank you in advance for any advice, stay well. There is a plague of myths, stopping people do good things!! I am happily educating myself and planning a vegetable patch in the back yard for next year. Im just a beginner to gardening. Two people have pointed out to me that in the UK we may soon be unable to buy seeds from Europe. Mending Williams breeches had become a near-daily chore, thanks to his penchant for climbing trees with particularly rough bark. Thanks so much for all the information you offer and the manner in which you share it with! I love your videos and have found them to be a tremendous help this year, as I have expanded my garden during this time at home. Not sure about partial dig! That is warm, some different vegetables too, mostly sow about a month earlier in spring and a month later from late summer, Hello again Charles, Ive been ok so far, but who knows how long that luck will hold. Also if I have native soil in my framed beds mixed 50/50 with organic matter (peat moss, humus, manure) should I first mix in more compost, or just mulch with in starting this year? Adrian its less about temperature, more about taking them out before too legyy and thin-stemmed. Bryan, Ive been able to add more compost to my containers, it breaks down over the winter months. spring onions and spring cabbage, for harvests in spring. Your info is so knowledgeable and so informative. I live in Georgetown SC in the states sone 8B. Anyway now that I know my climate is nearly identical to yours, I can use your books with more confidence! Tall pod peas support, which will afford more space for the plants to spread: placing the posts in a zig zag fashion so that the string can also be tied between the outer posts. 60+ staff, fully insured, professional tree surgeons. Thanks for all the brilliant advice. Sow say two weeks earlier in spring, and two weeks later from July. And covered everything with 10cms of straw. Thank you J. Our winters are short however we can backlash and have an April freeze (craziest thing, gardners nightmare). hence why am here looking to see what i can seed from the time line. Im very inspired and Im wondering if you have any sawing and transplanting advice on squashes, sunflowers, amaranth and asparagus? *sow under cover Feb-Mar, then 1st June, mid July (these three sowings for growing outdoors), and early September for undercover lettuce in winter. Please continue to do what you do so well. I hardly rotate at all. Plus there is also the Maria tune root leaf flower fruit aspect, which continues regardless of waxing waning. it says sow chard at end of April undercover then again in July under cover. Its so interesting! I think that you truly love what you do. All the best for you. Regarding not having enough of homemade compost for planted out vegetables Slugs could be an issue but perhaps they are not too common for you. do you have an idea how to use it. Shola flowers are a natural product. Have you ever used shad cloth to extend lettuces and or brassicas? It resonated with both me and my son. For advice on growing in the desert you might want to check out Geoff Lawtons Greening the desert site in Jordan. No dig helps in shorter summers because bed prep is so quick, concentrate on planting. I am hoping to put a small one on Instagram and YouTube in a week or so, maybe once it warms up a bit! Carpenters next, appeared, making a tremendous racket among the outbuildings, strewing the green grass with pine shavings and chips of chestnut joists, and vexing the whole antiquity of the place with their discordant renovations. Hope youll complete your knowledge sharing on these subjects in the coming months in 2021 . All the information and tips you provide are so empowering, theres method in the magic. Im going to give it a try! Jewels this is lovely to read, and keep going! Resolved: Release in which this issue/RFE has been resolved. I have 4 raised beds which are 2.5 x 1.25 metres and I grow a mixed bag of veg which we like to eat. Mainly in early spring because I imagine they could get hot in strong sunshine. Then talk to your neighbours and find out what grows best! Got over zealous with my plugs and engulfed them with chard plants, thus no light got to them. Merci pour ton conseil prcieux Alsospring onions and spring cabbage, for harvests in spring. Is this the only type of cabbage or will most short season cabbages be fine to sow as well? Yes I do sometimes grow the Tuscan kale and like it very much, especially the shorter ones with fatter leaves because it varies a lot. Hi Rebecca, thanks for writing and I wish you fine harvests. Hi Charles. Key Findings. Fixed: Release in which this issue/RFE has been fixed.The release containing this fix may be available for download as an Early If so do I need to place cardboard now first? See also No Dig Day 3rd November, you could enter the competition for most interesting or best No Dig bed with prizes of my new book about No Dig gardening for children, Looking forward to your new book for children x, Hi Charles , I live in north east England and have a new ( and very neglected ) allotment which consists of a lot of beds with horsetail . Or perhaps this would not be necessary? Anyway, I am excited . Can they be over-wintered for early growing? Thanks, and yes in Online Course 2, No Dig Organic Home & Garden book etc. WebSun-e-bed is made from British straw, a by-product of wheat farming, and a renewable and sustainable source. Would you recommend using another compost besides more organic mushroom compost for my 1-2 inch top dressing each year? So now comes the billion dollar question crop rotation or not ???? It seems i dont have much choice than becoming a vegan saving his beets and carrots as a slug serial-killer at dawn with a torch and knife. Thanks Charles for your kind advice and support. However vegetables like cabbage, spinach, lettuce, salad onions, and also herbs like coriander, cant stand frosts at night. Hi Katie I save clear plastic food containers (from the salad bar items, bulk peanut butter etc.) Here in Dublin there are many friends hooked on your videos of sowing into compost method, and no dig method, thanks a million. Im up on Skye and regularly use manure less than a year old BUT preferably over. I started to clear the weeds and have removed 8 bin bags of the roots around the fruit bushes. I havent had trouble with mold or bugs, I use the water on the plants every few days and replace with fresh. They continue to look fine, I have fleeced using wire supports to allow them to stand tall. It was pretty fresh, no way six months old. Hello, I am in Middle Ga in the States and I have a really hard problem with Crabgrass and I do not like to use chemicals because I have bees, I had my hubby scrape the top layers of grass off the new section of dirt and I have put rolls of brown paper down and I am getting 3 yards of compost delivered 2/6/19 to put on top of the paper. I know you have lots of replies to get through, but this seems a more unfortunate typo than most! Im an avid user over 50 years of gardening You can sow these vegetables at different times and they will grow, but the outcomes will be different, such as lower yield, more pest and disease, perhaps a tendency to flower rather than leaf. Su, Hi Charles, I now grow my veg in my chalky south downs garden, but also have an allotment which is more clay. I am sure you can inspire and empower the next generation with these common sense methods. I am in Seattle so it can get a little damp (!) o es necesario hacer o aadir algo ms? I hope spring is good for you. I was wondering if you have Graden timelines for other zones. In your siwing timeline you mention Savoy cabbage in first week if June so right now haha. Seems to be very mild this winter so will see. Hi Charles, As a complete amateur I, with the sometimes assistance of my grandsons have managed to grow lots of veg suitable for eating fresh and freezing. My question relates to plant spacing and multi seeding, I was all set up for Square foot gardening but after watching your videos, got a bit confused, for example radishes plant 16 in a square foot, what would your recommendations for multi sowing radishes and similar. Be prepared for more insects. Or perhaps youre giving us the last and first possible frost. Hi Reda, I have access to organic horse manure for my garden and cow manure for the allotment but apart from buying bags of organics manure any other suggestions I always enjoy reading your posts and watching your videos. I would search online for your area and see who is selling dumpy bags of green waste compost or mushroom compost because they can get you going. SERENDIPITY FARMS LAURA PERSONS, Head Trainer & Owner 12711 I like the contact with you Americans. Marie. Not sure if you can answer all these questions: (1) You give 4 dates for planting lettuce throughout the year, with the final date for indoor growing, but is this needed if you are just harvesting outer leaves rather than hearts? Good Morning Charles, your very active presence on this website is a huge endorsement for the time freed up by using No Dig! Im planning spinach and lettuce, but would appreciate other suggestions. Its great fun! That reminds me, Mr Deasy said. Mairi Macpherson sent me her sowing schedule for Scotland, at 57 north, and has kindly agreed to allow me to add it here as a downloadable PDF document. Mine is chugging on at 55C now, 5 weeks since making. Thank you! Ive been trying to grow fennel from sowings after the June solstice for several years and they never do well, never bulking out at all and Ive just about given up on them. However, when I only had the four beds, I quickly realised I had started too much of everything and quickly ran out of space,also, probably due to over excitement of my new adventure into no dig, I found I was growing veg I wouldnt normally buy from supermarkets etc,so, if I had any advice to give to anyone else starting out, it would be to just grow what you really like and potatoes in containers really helps to free up much needed bedding space, thanks for all that you do Charles, I wouldnt of even started this venture if I had never found your channel and website. After which it became much easier. The shoulder months are very similar to where you live with almost no snow. And its not that simple to make a wind shelter when they are four feet high! My only concern is how the battery bay is open to the elements and receives quite a bit of splash back from the wheels. Sow under cover claytonia, oriental leaves, salad rocket, turnips multisown and true spinach. Thank you, Susanne. My soil is pretty fertile and healthy already. Will this be ok, to plant in? Witness the innumerable la soandsos. In the longer term you do not need so much compost but it really helps to put on more at the beginning. That is lovely to hear Alan. We all refer to you as our Garden Daddy here at home. BUT, those planted in our three-sided homemade tomato house fared much, much better. I would not try and incorporate any compost, but you could try a little area to see what difference it made. Dave from Holywood. Thank you so much for sharing this! We removed the chickens in early March, and I spread out the compost we had created together. Im not sure if I can add some of this to our compost? I have watched your videos, purchased your diary and have my first no-dig garden well under way. Last winter we prepped a 2,500 square ft space here in VA. with chickens living off of a compost pile of leaves, rabbit manure filed wood shavings, and organic restaurant veggies. Your fellow gardeners do not understand this method or about compost, which is not too strong, otherwise we would all not be enjoying successful gardens Hi Nikki Hi Charles We have soil clay FULL of grasses and things like plantain, dandelion, Melissa, wild strawberries, oregano, etc. I assume that cardboard is only necessary at the very onset? I have a lot of lilandi trees all around the edge of the property that has dropped many tons of mulch, can I use this mixed with compost or will it have too much acid in. I live in zone 4, northern Great Lakes in the US. You have an excellent time now to prepare for spring. En plus, les lits semble trop secs tout le temps, donc est-ce-que ta mthode est adaptable au climat parisienne car nous aurons deux mois trs secs durant lt. Find directions to North Hills, browse local businesses, landmarks, get current traffic estimates, road conditions, and more.The North Hills time zone is Eastern Daylight Time which is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).. Search 10 Rental Not a happy gardening episode) Earliest fall frost is supposed to be September 5, although global warming has extended that date by 7-10 days. Had no luck with them last year. given that the space will have other plants from April in it, for instance. Do you have any suggestions on what to change for next year, except putting on more compost. There are several videos on youtube documenting the site evolving over the last 10 years! Dear Charles.Thank you. We love you. Hi Charles, thanks for this fantastic info. See you! Hello Michelle. Fast forward to now, I live in a city and crave growing stuff! I live in Wellington, New Zealand. I dont have so much compost to cover it and the store bought one costs a fortune. Your garden is so diverse and its amazing how its flourishing thanks to the no dig method. For spacings and other advice see No Dig Organic Home & Garden. At months end in cool areas, spinach, mustards, pak choi, salad rocket, turnips. I am binge watching your YouTube videos! thank you for your nice reply. Add to Cart. I couldnt open either. From the book I cant see any obvious explanation, so wanted to check whether this is simply an omission or is there some reason not to? How nice to read this Craig, thankyou, and I am delighted that you can find lots of useful information here. thanks , much appreciated The answer is hard to quantify and the best one can say is that well rotted manure is dark in colour, and reasonably even in texture, with not too much undecomposed bedding. I even get no fungal issues in winter in my lettuce greenhouses even without being able to open the sides because of snow because the humidity is less than 20%, but in the summer, the humidity is regularly 80%-90% and 30-35C. Hi Ian Appreciate all your help and look forward to your thoughts on this. Not much that I can do about ventilation but trying not to splash too much water about. 2a Plants killed by frost include tomatoes and sweetcorn, but they tolerate cool conditions. Thanks Marie, sounds an amazing climate, if hot in summer. Any suggestions? I found row covers on Amazon, though the weights in the US are different. Any feed back would be great. With my small children and a heavy load at the house it has really increased my enjoyment of gardening and my capacity too. Greenhouse or polytunnel? Will have plenty of grass cuttings and leaves and veggie leftovers. California voters have now received their mail ballots, and the November 8 general election has entered its final stage. Im in West Cornwall. Sow seeds of asparagus now in modules, for planting next spring. Witness the innumerable la soandsos. From over 100 degrees daytime (so I have to open it up,) to single digits at night. Just received the 2022 calendar. i live in zone 6a, do you have a sowing seeds schedule for my zone? That sounds a tight season! Ive watched your videos on plants needing their correct times to prosper and read the above time line for sowing, but also dont mind small harvests if I could get some mangetout before the end of 2020. In late summer and autumn generally, say a week or two later. WebEnter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Jack, its because this is mainly a teaching garden, so a lot of things I do are not 100% pro as you put it. My question is how would I shift your dates given my location, (Toronto Canada 43.698, -79.331)? When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of Battery life was a huge surprise to me, being able to get through basically a full work week on a single charge. Due tu traveling we are only now being able to create our first no dig beds (exciting!). He went to the desk near the window, pulled in his chair twice and read off some words from the sheet on the drum of his typewriter. In the mean time, i saw beautiful beets and lettuce coming up very healthy in splendid colors. I think even the postage will be all worth it though. we have plenty of it here. Just cannot be sure how much difference it makes! We appreciate you so much. 16 radish is good. My only concern is how the battery bay is open to the elements and receives quite a bit of splash back from the wheels. Hi Charles, Lovely to hear Eunice and I wish you abundance this year. WebPapyrus. Minus the rain, I find the growing seasons with Somerset somewhat similar to mine so it has helped me utilize and push the boundaries on what I can grow year round. Please can you advise RE: Timings and varieties of edamame for planting out? I have been trying to do a crop plan and I was struggling to work out times to sow, plant, follow on and harvest. Dear Laura, I have never grown leeks before, but Ive been inspired by your brilliant videos to give them a go. WebTo put it simply, a substrate is a bulk material that the mushroom mycelium can use for energy and nutrition. After mid-month and at the end of May or early June in cold springs, sow cucumber, courgette, squash, pumpkin, sweetcorn. I work full time, and have two acres of garden; inevitably there are periods when I have bare beds until I find a chance to plant out into that bed. I live in Akita, Japan, zone 8b, first frost early December, last frost late March. Ant activity on the leeks too, probably the cause of the black fly. Im totally for no dig!!! I know they are a cool weather crop but I am still a bit new at succession planting so I was not sure if it would work. In spring, sow the cold tolerant vegetables and herbs maybe a week earlier in a warmer climate than here, and categories 2a + 2b about two weeks earlier, if say last frost date is in April rather than (Homeacres) mid May. Much as I dislike digging, I would do the same as you, to remove that horrible netting. Its a different zone to the U.K. but I would ventilate and use a manure hot bed to specifically heat seedlings sat on top. Being near London, it had not shared in the rural decay, and its long High Street had budded out right and left into residential estates. Ive done some indoor sowing this year as well as experimenting with a cold frame. Hi Charles! I live in the next prefecture over from Akita. Dear Charles Do you not follow the waxing and waning being best time to plant certain things? Giffard, Pyrus on OHxF97 Thanks Kyle. My husband and I will be making a manure run to the local fair grounds for free horse manure to try the use of building beds on top of it. Having searched the web for germination and planting out information, I have not seen this in your garden. I have just copied and pasted your sowing timeline into excel on my laptop and then changed all the dates to suit New Zealand seasons. Sow outsideall potatoes, broad beans, lettuce, spinach, peas, salad onion, early and autumn brassicas, radish, leeks, leaf beet, carrots, parsley. Thank you for clearing that up for me. Thats great Charles, many thanks for that. It gets to -12 very regularly from January through February. I reckon more than a cubic metre and mine is 1.2 x 1.2 in width and up to 1.5 m in height, that is 4 ft. and 5 feet high. Hi Charles, i had been TRYING to grow food gardens for years. I understand sowing undercover at beginning of year when its cooler, but why when its warmer later in year, are they still undercover and not straight in ground. I didnt appreciate it then but the soil in our part of Buckinghamshire was a beautiful sandy loam and was to be the best that I was to have the pleasure of working with for the next 40 years! They are a barrier to roots and soil organisms, and slowly degrade. Its free & readily available and therefore less-than-perfect age-wise is better than the hundreds of pounds it would take to buy in compost. Sun-e-bed straw is sourced from local farmers near the Sundown factory, reducing our impact on the environment. Usually we dont have hard frost but it does go down to freezing sometimes, In 30 years it has snowed for 1 day 5 times. Sand and gravel in soil mess things up no end, for example perched water tables and sticky mixes of clay and gravel which are like concrete! It might be best to check your local river to see if there are any outfalls above your location. Do you have a growing calendar at all i.e. However they take a long time to decompose and use nutrients for that, would be better to keep most in a heap for a year say. :} When watering later on that is? Phytophthora spores travel by air as well as in the soil. Best done when it is dry of course, and needs renewing after a few days or if it has rained. I do find the moveable smaller veggie cages I have watered it 5 times since March. I suppose my question is does horse manure need to be fully rotted down before using, or are there uses for it in its fresh state?. Ive recently been watching your videos and getting some tips on early sowings under cover to prolong the growing season. I know if anyone can clear this up it would be you. Hay estircol (de caballo) que tiene casi 2 aos de antigedad. It covers the whole top of the seed tray. We do not have gophers here thank goodness. Published frost dates are the last and first average frost. Hi Charles! Shola flowers are a natural product. Its the strangest climate ever. I have no idea how to find my Hardiness Growing Zone (based in Jersey Channel Islands). food grade dry bulk: ohio based company looking for work for a1600 cube vac trailer: wheat mids, wood shavings call for price and availability all loads delivered on belt trailer we work 200 mile radius of indianapolis 40# test weight oats double cleaned available bulk bagged or tote. 3. Thanks for all the help there! Do you have any suggestions for how to relate to this, and have a continued bountiful harvest in the fall? I would use my dates eg sow tomatoes undercover 15-20 March, then play it by ear. Call now 01244 288 088 WebTree surgery & Vegetation management from award winning company. Yes simple is best. I opted for a partial dig to start. Especially considering our shorter growing period here. Nikki. On the off chance that you never tried this. Have a bit of a clear area now though and will be trying to sow some carrots. These three form the bulk of our evidence. Thank you Charles, Im so glad I found you! Interesting that your 6b frost dates are the same as here. Quantity. Wilco Offroad now carries the full Decked Drawer system lineup. How do I adjust your planting time line? You can make beds at any time of year, and plant into them straight away, so yes good luck finding compost. Lovely to hear Zoe, thanks very much for your comment. Dear Claire Anna, you could try sowing Caliente Mustard 199 in late summer. I find myself saying it time and time again because compost sellers as you noticed, keep selling fresh, hot compost. Just one more year! WebThe Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. Do koca marca wysiewa 2-3 tygodnie pniej. I sprayed my brassicas today. Im grateful for any advice you might have! Hi Lesley, nice to hear you are getting started. They need full light all around, and when pricking or potting them, bury the stems as much as possible. Ill be taking my first steps soon in a vegetable garden (small garden) with the no dig method. So thank you for that, too. I planted in early Sept but by Oct the bulbs had not swollen enough to harvest. Lately Im binge watching your videos while doing Christmas cleaning : ), and evenings Im reading, trying to start at the very beginning: Sir Albert Howards An Agricultural Testament. On the other hand there is some risk of root fly damage when you leave them, so it is possible to harvest know. Whatever, I hope this information works well for you. Cardboard (even more so if its recycled cardboard) will include dies/inks, chemicals, mineral oils (from recycled newspapers), and whatever else is used in making the original paper product, plus some coating material etc and as a paper product and also a recycled product, we as gardeners cannot find out what is contained in particular cardboard before we use it. My question is, should I be concerned about the quantity of mushrooms that sprout all over our garden paths and in the impressions around lettuce etc? Grateful thanks if you can help me. Pepper and tomatoes 6 weeks? Thanks! Thank you Charles. This will be our first year sowing on no dig with mixture of homemade and bought compost on a layer of pea straw. Thank you Charles I live in Ft. Worth Texas our summers rarely see below 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and rarely see rain. Wish you both all the best and keeping healthy. Youre grenoble red just looks absolutely stunning, same for the purple sprouting brocolli. HiMark That reminds me, Mr Deasy said. We have had very little rain the previous summers. Wonderful effort and see this page for sowing ideas to avoid too much waste in the holidays. Climate zones are a little confusing and I refer to mine mainly for the benefit of American gardeners who use them a lot. Waiting past 3 more weeks will really be pushing our 8b zone. MidFirst Bank offers an array of personal checking, savings and other accounts designed for you and your family. Charles. P.S. WebSun-e-bed is made from British straw, a by-product of wheat farming, and a renewable and sustainable source. Thanks Michaela, quite similar timings esp from April, maybe start a week or two later in February, and sow a week earlier from August, Maravillo , podras subir una versin en Espaol para el Hemisferio Sur. Since i dont yet have a proper greenhouse i tried the window method as you suggested but unfortunately the stems are thinning out . Its brilliant! Sow under coveras for March (except its getting late for celeriac, sow asap), leeks, leaf beet, beetroot (all varieties), basil, chard and Brussels sprouts after mid-month, tomatoes for outdoor growing. A perfect candidate for a no dig experiment, but I just feel overwhelmed. How to adjust when I live in Estonia, zone 5-6, Sow 4 weeks later until end March, then about the same, sow 4 weeks earlier from early August, approximately. I must begin with expressing my gratitude for making your vast knowledge so available. Sadly seems I will miss all sowing season though. We have a garden that was tilled a few weeks ago with some broccoli and peas already in it (Zone 7a in Virginia, US). He went to the desk near the window, pulled in his chair twice and read off some words from the sheet on the drum of his typewriter. WebI put some shavings in the bottom of it and clean it out once a week. I will reduce the wood mulch for next year and see how that goes. Yes it does seem that yours and others Ive looked at UTube etc, all have that depth. Hi Charles, I reckon you saved me a stash in compost/time already so I feel like Im not really being extravagant. Do you mean that using compost for germination keeps away the slugs from the greenhouse? According to plantmaps.com, your last frost is late March and first frost is early November, exactly like my climate. Slugs havent been a big a problem as they are when I do it outside but to be honest I mulch with grass everywhere I can when its available as dont like composting it in my black bins (too small for proper mix). Just water more. I have gardened for years but moved to a new zone a couple years ago,and now I feel lost. Hi Charles, I see you dont use straw as a cover on the soil. Am I to late to start this year? Try many things! Not about warmth in summer, certainly with no use of a propagator. Hi Charles Since the slug invasion i took upon on NODIG + COMPOST MEULCH on the rest of my garden space. Maybe too much wood mulch or something. Jan. (Seattle) It might be good to note that although your farm may be in a later microclimate, the more general dates for your area are different and that might reduce confusion for some people like me. Hara eso y tal vez hara una vuelta mirando hacia el futuro. Will these trees still grow extensive root systems, taking moisture and nutrients from the nearby growing vegetables? It is quite smelly, (I like it! Love Stephs web site as well. Gosh 17th floor. Hope you can oblige. Thank you Charles. Yes the book will work for timings if you transpose 6 months! How can I suppress the weeds on the asparagus bed (as yet untouched)? Thanks for being an inspiration during this difficult pandemic! First for over two months! Off to read through your advice before todays trip to the nursery for seeds cheers. I do see that the tray dries out very quickly. They were underwater for about 3 days, and after digging a couple they did seem fine. The mushroom compost at the big box stores is just sand, and local nurserys never seem to have enough. Thanks Charles for your explanation. Im just about to buy my first house and I cant wait to make my first no dig bed. I hope that you have a great 2021. I just measured it! I have a letter here for the press. For example I am zone eight, the same as Texas! firstly i want to thank you for all these informative videos. Chard is great both raw and cooked, but raw is not so tasty. Happy New Year! For raspberries start again once ground is clean. Which variety and seed company? We were advised that often their garden year is seen as starting in autumn, rather than spring. Breeder of champion Quarter Horses for performance and hunter. I had thought of potatoes, carrots, early peas, courgettes, tomatoes and maybe broccoli? Sow outside same as under cover, also maincrop potatoes by early May, carrots, and parsnips with seedbed kept moist until germinated. I am creating a no dig bed with my class, what is the best vegetable or vegetables to plant over the next few weeks (September/October) once we have created our bed? Breeder of champion Quarter Horses for performance and hunter. It says sow by May 2022 on the packet. I plant in compost, surface mulch, and NEVER add soil with it. Parsnips germinate fine here and germination is easier with no dig. Hi Cathy Do we resort to an initial dig or start collecting cardboard? Cool weather vegetables for spring need to be harvested by early to mid June and for Autumn cant be planted until mid September. (I dont have a garden at the moment, but heres hoping!). I seem to understand that horse manure is a bit saline and should be soaked to drain it out. Very different to hear and I should be fascinated to try a year of growing in your conditions, and many dates of sowing would need to be quite different. Hello Charles, Will be great for both those soils. Amid rising prices and economic uncertaintyas well as deep partisan divisions over social and political issuesCalifornians are processing a great deal of information to help them choose state constitutional Should we get a thinner\lighter fleece row cover? I thought youd get a kick out of that. Petaluma Store. Thank you so much for everything you put on here and elsewhere, its so inspiring! we are in a real wind tunnel valley with no protection. With warmth tomatoes sow around mid-month for under cover cropping, melon at months end. Planting outdoors means setting plants in the ground, as opposed to sowing seeds in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Hi Charles -I have enjoyed many videos and have learned a lot from them thank you for that ! Read something would not stop me using them How nice to hear this and your dates make sense, certainly sowing a month earlier in spring is a good plan. Is this a problem you have encountered before? Wow, I didnt expect such a fast answer. WebHuman anatomy kenneth s saladin. Most seeds dont mature early enough to harvest before fall frost so I mostly start indoors and transplant. So i am going to try filling a dibbed hole with bagged compost and sowing on top. SERENDIPITY FARMS LAURA PERSONS, Head Trainer & Owner 12711 Have you any experience with it? Now came hints, growing more and more distinct, that the owner of the old house was pining for his native air. In principle yes, in detail it depends on your climate and latitude so you need to work that out and see how things grow. They are in a potential frost pocket. I just want to pop in and THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for sharing your method of gardening with all of us! Yes Swansea is similar, just a little cooler at times, more so in summer, and good out of the wind! WebTo put it simply, a substrate is a bulk material that the mushroom mycelium can use for energy and nutrition. Carol, that is a good start, and if there is more than about 3in/7cm of compost you can start planting immediately after creating a bed, because the vegetables can grow initially in the surface compost. I have been reading the sowing timeline above as it is an invaluable resource but I think Im probably being dim here but could you clarify something that confuses me. Thanks Terry and nice to hear you are growing succession plantings. time consuming and basically, inefficient although 100% effective against Im from Algeria and Im working in the desert in an oil company. But total wipe-out is too much even for them, ubless its your site perhaps. No easy answer to that, shall address it in my next update. courgettes etc. 3 Cardboard is a kind of insurance against regrowth upwards of any strong or perennial weeds. You could grow potatoes & squash though holes in the plastic. I noticed that you dont mention sowing parsnips in April (and also in the Which article). Sorry to waste your time but glad that it made me stop and let you know how much I appreciate all your efforts and how youve helped me become a better gardener. Ive wrote it down. Hello Jane, and this is useful knowledge, thanks. Is this what you mean by overwintering? Thank you so much again, delighted I have found your channel- thank you YouTube algorithms. The cardboard decomposes within 8 to 12 weeks on average, showing how readily it is eaten by soil organisms. 60+ staff, fully insured, professional tree surgeons. Please keep posting new videos all through the year! Hello Charles and Len: Thanks for your feedback and I hope your plants find a home . My friend has just given me the wood chip from her mostly laurel hedge. Our main challenge is the invasive Spanish slug, that hides underneath dense canopies of peas, beans, cellery, etc. Thanks Charles for your thoughtful and quick reply! WebWilco is the largest agricultural supply cooperative in the Pacific Northwest. I,m enjoying everything ,Ive learned much from you Charles. Have a nice day and lots of veg to harvest. In three months the clay/ hard soil has become soft with a heavy load of earthworms. Charles, great info and my back also loves no dig!! Been following you from early summer and have bought the No Dig book. Babies, apartment houses, streets, cities, parks, dogs, race horses, soap, cheese, herring, Disclaimer: I am providing information about these hatcheries, but I am not endorsing them. Is there any chance you could tell us some more about where you get the seeds? You will not be able to plant anything until the spring, do it now so the weeds can die first. Somehow I also said I knew what I was doing to someone at my childrens primary school and have been asked to devise something to do at schoolI was thinking of getting the scraps from the kitchen, along with the school garden green waste to create compost there and creating a plan for children to grow vegetables in an area. some of the grasses grow really tall to about 1.20+ meters. I would appreciate any advice books websites videos. How funny, and boulbene too, no dig is vital! (https://www.zollinger.bio/en). They are nature will vary according or outdoor planting to crop in autumn/winter. Basically you have sown too early, see sowing timeline. Amazing how you take the time to reply to nearly every post, thank you so much. Feedings . I just dug wholes for my plants but let the surrounding soil undisturbed and threw a weed stopping fabric on top. Being near London, it had not shared in the rural decay, and its long High Street had budded out right and left into residential estates. Hi Charles, thank you for all the information , I learnt a lot. In your video you were talking about keeping the sowing in the house to germinate and then bringing to greenhouse for growth over a horse manure bed to keep the temperature around 20 on cold seasons. Thanks for sharing with all of us! And concerning the future, what do you think is more important to first have? In your timeline you mention winter brassicas to sow undercover in May. We suspect that the ventilation in her polytunnel might have had something to do with it. Thank you for all of the helpful videos and this fantastic site, Andrew, I would also really appreciate that updated calendar if anyone is willing to share it ([emailprotected]) Im in Cape Town South Africa and we are also Zone 10. Remin brand is good, now sold by Agralan. I apologize, for the way,or the start of my above question. I have been given a national book token, I have wanted a copy of your diary for a while (I follow your planting/sowing scheme already ), not sure if I can redeem it online though, so I intend to go to Blackwell books as they seem to stock it. Greetings beautiful charles, ten thousand blessings to you in the new year! I doubt this is worth it though. We are heading into spring now and the garden is keeping us very excited after a hectic day of office work. Been following you for a couple of years and we have your book How to create a new vegetable garden. I have been a gardener for quite some time now and have practiced many different methods. What impact does it have on the health of the plant later in the season? i could read UNCLE CHARLIE rather than just CHARLIE. Chilli powder works well to discourage cats. Not sure how your methodology will pan out here (re weather) but I have already prepped a third of our garden space (40 square meters) as no dig, cardboard on compost (Oct/Nov 2020). I hope you have ideas to solve my problem. Would you recommend putting wood chips on the gravel for all the reasons mentioned in the courses? Hi James, as I often explain about no dig, soil remains healthy and nutrients stay available so rotation is far less important than in dug or cultivated soil. After mid-August, sow salads to grow outside through winter. Sorry I cannot help more with that. The word "paper" is etymologically derived from papyrus, Ancient Greek for the Cyperus papyrus plant. These three form the bulk of our evidence. Many thanks. Hello Gail I am in Carnoustie (frost dates similar to you at Homeacres, with a dry, windy, sunny garden). ; (2) I the afore mentioned book you give a plating date of Aug-early Sep for Winter Hardy White Lisbon Salad Onion, but on the packet it says Feb-Sep. Just wanted to check I definitely shouldt sew any until Aug/Sep, as advice seems very different to packet (I know seeder sellers dont get it right, but this seemed a big difference between advice); and (3) Ive been listening to and reading your advice on companion planting, but also wondered if you had advice on what combinations to avoid? Got it I will carry on removing netting. Cheers, Alex. Also, I have noticed an awful lot of blackfly appearing on my leeks is this something you see? When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of It did rain enormously last night, and soil in general is heavy. I have included links to the lessons of my online course, From Seed to Harvest. This is fab! Im thinking to just try your dates just as they are for a first year of my new more ambitious plans. I stumbled on your you tube channel just recently (wish I found it earlier would have saved a lot of effort )and can say they are very informative, In March 2021 I was lucky enough to lease an allotment I intend to have 12 10x5feet beds 9 of which have timber sides, and 3 I have not started yet, out of these beds 7 have been dug over (very back breaking) the site has not been used in 3 years so the ground is like concrete to dig. Why is after the solstice usually recommended and whats your secret after such an early sowing? A good substrate is required in order for the mushroom to grow and to fruit. (Batavia) $23 Aug 24 Non-GMO, No Soy No Corn Feed for chickens, pigs, horses and all livest $23 (dayton) Aug 19 Non-GMO, No soy, no corn grain for chickens, Dairy animals, pigs, etc $23 (dayton) Aug 18 About our service. But really not sure. You can do me a favour, Mr Dedalus, with some of your literary friends. Sweetcorn can work nicely for that, not courgettes or broccoli. Easy enough to level out with a rake this fall if you did. Yes good to proceed like that, see how you can control growth from the vertical edges/steps, always a bit tricky. O'Leno Farm. So, say the onion, lettuce, brassicas etc being sown inside on Valentines day and they sprout the 20th they are good to be transplanted out on the 20th of March, is this what you are saying ? Likewise stems of cabbages after harvesting? Thanks so much for introducing me (and many others) to this brilliant way of gardening! until march then cover with compost and black plastic? Because my season is shorter 5b. If we take lettuce as an example, your earliest sowing is marked as Valentines Day, would I bump this 2 weeks earlier for my climate (seems really early!)? Hi Charles thanks for your kind reply. Only error/difference (re slug pests) I have identified thus far is my use of railway sleeper borders but this was both a drainage and aesthetic issue. Great success and good health to you during these anxious times. kales? Wow, something else you dont have to worry about. On this page at least, sow refers to seeds, from celery to tomato to garlic, even potato. Like do you always follow potatoes with leeks and greens where things like tomatoes and cucumbers are? Hi Tom Youve inspired me to increase the size and have a more structured cover on my wooden binned compost at your August Intensive Weekend. Yes Roger for sure, you can plant those know and they are better in the ground in fact, will not be killed or harmed by first. Ive been watching all your videos! Nice to hear this Sarah, and if you put in Search your postcode, or just Jersey, with hardiness zone, it will come up. Fran and I attended your course last year year just before the first lock down ( phew) and loved it so thank you. I am touched to read this. For the Timeline I would sow about a month earlier until May, then sow nothing for a while, then sow 4-6 weeks later after July so June sowings early August, July in early September, August in late September etc. Ive followed your no-dig method for several seasons now. Hi John, I am just starting out this year and have found good quality organic compost at a local company who run a quarry. Approximately! Funny about your kids, that makes me smile and please say hello to them. Plus having something that converts to my locale saves valuable brain cells!! I found the single bed and small garden videos very informative- I feel Ive learnt so much already! Ebooks would be awesome for everyone in a different country. Best start date is after Valentines Daywhen light is increasing fast. And the other option of 17gsm falls apart within a month or two. The lack of weeds has thrown me off course as I was all ready with stacks of cardboard and plans for major weed clearing. If you dont remove the poo but scatter it liberally with chilli, when the animal returns it will be immensely discouraged! Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. In your videos you pull onions that you over wintered so Im sure there are instructions somewhere! Will be sowing radish, spinach, rocket and leaf lettuce in the next 2 weeks Into the compost did the same last year at the start of March and worked well but thought I would try a week or two earlier to see if they still grow as well. I also have a Hotbin which makes great compost. Hi Derek, lovely to read this except about the slugs! Thank you so much for sharing your sowing calendar (and indeed the rest of your site, wonderful!). The City of North Hills is located in Montgomery County in the State of Pennsylvania. Multisowing and starting up the seeds inhouse, taking them to my unheated greenhouse for the hardy ones here in late february and the more tender ones at a heated bench in the same greenhouse, seems to saving me a lot of space. Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) at the time the work was written had a peculiar fitness as a title. My summers are long and much hotter than yours at Homeacres. And I appreciate that, so want to buy something. Until they give up which may take a few months! Jane. I see in Feb planting on same phase of moon for below and above ground. I thought the light might be an issue, New Jersey may have colder winters, but their latitude is equivalent to Portugal and Spain. I love all your videos and books! Good luck! I am ambitious to expand to brassicas but am not sure if the planters will be deep enough to accommodate the root system. cauliflower? The most effective preventative measures are keeping your plants dry and using resistant varieties. Since I live on an island, I have no access to buying compost so I have to rely on building what I have. Was looking forward to trying to make your open day again, but cest la vie. Thanks Charles, I spoke with Dalefoot and it is all good, should not affect seedlings and as a matter of fact, lettuce, kohlrabi, aubergine, thai and jalepeno peppers, fennel seedlings all doing well. I have paper sacks and they are a good size now. The word "paper" is etymologically derived from papyrus, Ancient Greek for the Cyperus papyrus plant. The south half of the yard is full to partial shade. Fresh compost also does not hold moisture well. The land was abandoned for 2-3 years and there are a lot of weeds, some of them 1-2 meters high. With appreciation and admiration, Sounds good Kira. I have very small fruit, very, very small on both plants I am growing. WebSun-e-bed is made from British straw, a by-product of wheat farming, and a renewable and sustainable source. I must say I love your website and youtube channel and thanks to you I discovered no dig. beetroots? Thanks for all the great advice. I can easily plant them outside of the vegetable garden, just wanted to espalier something . P.S. If you like them small, multisow can work. Im binge watching your videos full of ideas and valueable information. I would like to build a walk-in veggie cage ( 26 foot x 12 foot ) with 7mm netting. Have already got garlic and Broad beans in (under fleece) and am regularly picking PakChoi, Spinach and Chard. I love it, thanks for making it easier. Dieu te bnisse . Michelle. Im astounded and grateful how quickly the worms are colonizing the fresh horse muck. View Your Cart. Also how does no dig work with drip irrigation? Lots of places and countries now starting to use alternatives and banning heat printed BPA receipts. My question is one of timing , Is there any point doing this at this time of year? Also love your podcast with Joe that was very enlightening. They are not damaged by frosts down to about -5 C, Great, will hold off till November. Sow undercover endive and Florence fennel until 10th, lettuce (late August sowings to overwinter as small plants). Also Im very confused with interplanting as I saw some plants benefit from each other (repealing insects etc) but I was online that there are some plants which are not such a good companions. Sow under cover broad beans, spinach, lettuce, peas for shoots, onion, salad onion, early varieties of cabbage, calabrese, kohlrabi, cauliflower, turnips, radish, bulb/Florence fennel, parsley, coriander, dill. Jimagine que ton compost doit tre trop neuf ou fraiche, donc il ne retient lhumidit. Merci pour ta vido en franais car je ne comprends pas beaucoup en anglais. http://nwedible.com/how-to-use-pee-in-your-garden/, Typing urine as fertilizer will give a wide range of information and, https://www.permaculturenews.org/2017/10/13/how-do-you-use-urine/, Basically a dilution of about 1 part Urine to 10 parts water can be used on most of the garden (but perhaps not near salad veg to avoid the yuck factor). Def. Charles, I am writing to you from Bend Oregon, on the West coast of the United states. Thank you! Depending where you live, sow broad beans to overwinter as small plants from late October to early November. O ile tygodni przesun harmonogram w strefie klimatycznej 6a (pnocno-wschodnia Polska)? My (young) kids love your Brittish accent and especially the way you say the word compost. It makes them all giggle. Thank you for all your online information and instructive show and tell videos. In cool climates, all outdoor sowings and plantings will benefit from the warmth provided by covers such as horticultural fleece. I use 100% compost in pots and it works, its up to you though.. Almost anything is possible as long as there is enough light and moisture. Only began a couple months ago, and my soil will require some seasons of regenerative techniques before I fully transition to no-dig. and also we are looking to buy tomato, cucumber and avariey of squashes. Were in the north of Scotland, 35 miles north of Inverness on the east coast (57 north), but as were on a peninsula our frost dates arent that different from yours though it doesnt get as warm in the summer. SEDITA FEED & SUPPLY 5620 - 1/2 W. Montgomery Road, Houston, Texas 77091 713-691-1501 Feed, saddles and tack as well as nursery and garden items. Ive given your 2021calendars to gardening friends as Xmas presents and we all are attempting restraint in sowing anything but what you are recommending. Sometimes she regretted teaching him that. It was simple to switch to no dig method of building soil each year. If I use almanac.com for Toronto its May 4-Oct 13. Do I understand correctly that this will not heart up but can be used for leaves? Cork is cooler than London, except in winter, but broadly similar.