Charles Dowding, one of the pioneers of vegetable box schemes, shares the philosophy, tips and techniques which have enabled him to run a successful organic garden supplying local restaurants and shops for over 25 years: 1. Forget the rules: received wisdom about gardening is surprisingly inaccurate. Understand what is going on in your own garden and climate, and work out your own methods 2. Respect and encourage life as much as you can, chiefly by spreading good compost or manure 3. There is no need to dig in compost and manure just spread it on top and let worms take it in 4. You only need to weed about once every ten days. Based on his experience of a system of permanent slightly-raised beds, Charles takes you through a delicious variety of fruit and vegetables: what to choose, when to plant and harvest, and how best to avoid pests and diseases. The book includes recipes to inspire you, with your fresh-picked produce, and 32 pages of full colour photographs.
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One of our most respected vegetable growers . . . Now ordinary gardeners can benefit from his years of practical experience, growing great vegetables in harmony with Mother Earth. --Joy Larkcom, author of 'Grow your own vegtables'
Charles is a passionate and accomplished gardener, who grows vegetables of amazing flavour. --Raymond Blanc
Charles is a passionate and accomplished gardener, who grows vegetables of amazing flavour. --Raymond Blanc
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In Organic Gardening, Charles Dowding shares the philosophy, tips and techniques which have enabled him to run a successful organic garden supplying local restaurants and shops for over 25 years.
Forget the rules: `received wisdom' about gardening is surprisingly inaccurate. Understand better what is going on in the soil and with your plants, in your own garden and climate, and work out your own methods instead.
Respect and encourage life as much as your can, chiefly by spreading good compost or manure.
There is no need to dig in compost and manure - just spread it on top and let worms take it in. Digging can harm soil structure, and is not helpful to plants.
You can reduce weeding to a little hand-weeding or hoeing every ten days.
Based on his experience of a system of permanent slightly raised beds, Charles takes you through a delicious variety of fruit and vegetables: what to choose, when to plant and harvest, and how best to avoid pests and diseases. The book includes recipes to inspire you to culinary heights with your fresh-picked produce.
Forget the rules: `received wisdom' about gardening is surprisingly inaccurate. Understand better what is going on in the soil and with your plants, in your own garden and climate, and work out your own methods instead.
Respect and encourage life as much as your can, chiefly by spreading good compost or manure.
There is no need to dig in compost and manure - just spread it on top and let worms take it in. Digging can harm soil structure, and is not helpful to plants.
You can reduce weeding to a little hand-weeding or hoeing every ten days.
Based on his experience of a system of permanent slightly raised beds, Charles takes you through a delicious variety of fruit and vegetables: what to choose, when to plant and harvest, and how best to avoid pests and diseases. The book includes recipes to inspire you to culinary heights with your fresh-picked produce.
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
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My husband used to spend every minute from March to May digging and re-digging his veg patch. We put in raised beds and followed Charles Dowdings advice and we have had much better veg and he now really enjoys his gardening... we have a greenhouse full of young seedlings and another exciting year in store!
67 of 68 people found the following review helpful
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This is a gardening book of the old school, one that is based on proven, tested experience and not the ususal unsubstantiated platitudes so easy to find in most books on the subject published these days.
Light on pictures and full of accurate information this is now my most valued book on vegetable growing, and would be useful to any allotment or home grower of food. In fact the book's title sells it short, as much of the book would be helpful to an organic 'digger' or even a non-organic grower.
If you grow vegetables, fruit or herbs than you should read this book.
Light on pictures and full of accurate information this is now my most valued book on vegetable growing, and would be useful to any allotment or home grower of food. In fact the book's title sells it short, as much of the book would be helpful to an organic 'digger' or even a non-organic grower.
If you grow vegetables, fruit or herbs than you should read this book.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By Belle Loudon
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Everything you'll ever need to know about raised beds and no-dig organic gardening. Lots of stuff I've never read before about how important it is to grow the right veg, herb, fruit at the right time. i.e. Spring isn't always the optimum time for sowing certain varieties - which explains why some of my plants - although organically grown and given loads of TLC didn't thrive. Excellent book by someone who absolutely knows his stuff. I want to be let loose in his garden and then cook myself dinner! A must have for anyone who cares about their green footprint, wants to garden 'with' and not 'against' nature, and wants to make the most of a small area to grow the best stuff.
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The no dig way
Easy to understand and many useful simple but effective ideas well written almost in the form of a lecture with questions answered before they were asked (if that makes sense).
Published 10 months ago by M. J. Parker
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Worth buying
In my earlier review of Dowding's book on winter vegetables I was more disparaging of this book than I now think is justified. Read more
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This is a clear and very sensible guide to growing food in a more natural, less intensive and healthy way. Read more
Published 11 months ago by K. L. Thomas
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Excellent book. I bought this as a gift for my partner as we are trying to be more self sufficient and this book is certainly helping us do that! Read more
Published 12 months ago by Greenfingers1
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A brilliant book with sound gardening advice.
A really brilliant book which has become my only vegetable gardening reference book. My allotment is testament to the raised bed no dig method and the lack of weeds is... Read more
Published 13 months ago by G. Cook
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my vegetable growing bible
Charles dowdings's book is my vegetable growing bible! his holistic view of looking at the whole eco system is essential for healthy plants and working with nature, not against it... Read more
Published 15 months ago by veggie porn
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Let the worms take the strain
I bought this book because I was already a convert to no-dig gardening but I wanted advice about further refinements to my own system. Read more
Published 15 months ago by H. P. Farquharson
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Never digging again
Worth reading for the no dig technique, although this actually takes up a very small amount of the book as it is really quite straightforward. Read more
Published 22 months ago by rachelcreative
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It's a jungle out there!
Thanks to this book, I have been growing fresh vegetables this year, in my back garden. I ordered 2 raised beds in february and I can't even see them anymore! Read more
Published 24 months ago by Cha Cha
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The very best & only book you'll need to grow great vegetables.
My bookshelves groan with the weight of the hundreds of gardening books I have collected over the years. The lovely Monty Don, the much-missed Geoff Hamilton, RHS etc. Read more
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