@potterybyosa Seedling photographs are easy compared to a no-till or no-dig photograph. Charles Dowding of the UK has decades of no-dig experience he has shared. I understand the older material is less capitalist. I happy to share our Minnesota no-dig experience. Which often leads to someone with more experience. #nodig, #notill, #compost.
@potterybyosa Yes. Hello Florida. This Minnesota vegetable garden has been no dig and no till for twenty years. All the weed suppression is from harvesting lawn clippings, leaf mulch, compost, cardboard, and in recent years wheat straw poultry bedding. The earthworms eat the mulch improving the garden soil quality. The rain drops don’t directly strike the soil. It’s a good cycle. #nodig, #notill, #gardening
Early potatoes are dibbed in, covered with soil and then with hessian covers. I’m interested to see what the badgers do with them.
The beds have been regularly visited by badgers rooting around for earthworms since autumn. Sadly, they have had too much of a good thing. #NoDig #Gardening #Allotment
The mustard green manure in the allotment greenhouse has been doing well in the spring sunshine. #NoDig #Mulch #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Allotment
Much of the autumn/winter sown veg have been harvested but enough’s still there for picking. The beds are quickly being replenished with the early spring sown salad crops. #GrowYourOwn #HomeGrown #NoDig
Here's the horror show at my community garden that I described several days ago. The "tilled" section has been plowed and looks weed free and inviting. But in reality the lawn of common mugwort that was previously there has just been broken up into thousands of little clumps, soon to reestablish in areas of the garden that previously didn't have it. And then, just like in past years, gardeners will abandon their plots because the weeds are too thick and the vegetables can't compete. #allotment #garden #gardening #weed #nodig #tilling #plowing #mugwort
Plot progress. The front half is almost ready for sowing and planting up from next month onwards.
A Jostaberry now occupies the space the mass of wild brambles used to.
#NoDig #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #Mulch #Allotment
Tuesday March 18, 2025. A few garlic shoots are peaking through the leaf mulch. The soil temperature is 35 F (2 C) in the no dig vegetable garden. Garlic is our focus in the world of mutual aid. #garlic, #nodig, #gardening, #minnesota, #growyourown.
One muntjac and pigeon protected growing space made from reused wood, wire mesh and netting.
This will probably be for growing broad beans and then brassicas.
#GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Allotment #NoDig
At my community garden one can choose to be on the tilled side or the non-tilled side. I chose the latter because I can use it year-round (e.g., I sow peas and fava beans in February). But the photos below provide the other big reason: common mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris). When you have a lawn of this, the very last thing you want to do is plow — every single one of the thousands of rhizome segments will survive and thrive. But that is exactly what will happen this week. I watch in horror every year. #garden #allotment #mugwort #weed #nodig
Starting the #nodig bed. Got some council dirt from the tip. We aren't planting yet, so we just put the weed cover back over the cardboard and the dirt and it looks like we've buried a body. #gardening
@gittaca @toddmedema @Miri123 I'd recommend #NoDig #gardening: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-dig_gardening
Significantly lower effort than traditional methods, for basically the same (or slightly better) output.
Look up 'Charles Dowding' on youtube for a ton of info and tutorials.
@Broadfork @Anne_Delong @colinpurrington Thank you for the ideas. We have eggs and shells from the runner duck team. Some of the shells are ground up for treats for the red wrigglers in the worm farm 360. The rest of the shells have been added to the compost pile as slow release nutrients. We could do more apple cider vinegar for the garden. We could do more foliar sprays. #Vermiculture, #minnesota, #nodig, #compost, #koreannaturalfarming.
@HopelessDemigod It’s good moisture. It will melt and soak in over a few days. #minnesota #Zone4b, #nodig, #gardening.
A little more progress on the plot. The hedge clearings have been moved and added to a hűgel bed nearer the shed.
Another no dig bed is in the process of being made in its place, just in front of the wild brambles. #NoDig #Mulch #GrowYourOwn #Allotment #Gardening
A wood chip pile is gradually being moved. This is being used on pathways and garden beds and on the allotments. #Mulch #Compost #NoDig #Gardening
Some bought manure compost and free wood chips added to the raspberry beds. #GrowYourOwn #NoDig #Allotment #Gardening
