No-Dig Children’s Gardening Book is by the master of no-dig who grows his own food in Somerset, and shares some with wildlife. Learn Charles’ no-dig techniques for anyone who doesn’t want endless weeding and heavy digging.
Use no-dig methods and fruit protection bags (over netting) to help wildlife. And learn how to make your garden safe for pets (use safe humane slug/snail deterrents). For indoor growing, never face indoor foliage to gardens (to help stop birds flying into windows).
contents
- What is no-dig gardening?
- No-dig mythbusters
- What is healthy soil?
- Microbe power
- What is compost?
- Suitable heap enclosures
- A no-dig bed in a day
- Creating a no-dig bed
- Planting a no-dig bed
- What is a weed?
- Sowing seeds under cover
- Sowing for four seasons of food
- When to sow common garden vegetables
- A no-dig sensory garden#
- Raising seedlings
- Upcycling in the garden
- Attracting wildlife to your garden
- School gardens in Surrey
- Grow a giant sunflower
- Grow a pumpkin
- Vegetables need company!
- A no-dig market garden
- Ten easy garden flowers
- Garden for children with additional needs
- Seed-saving projects
about the author
Charles Dowding is England’s expert on no-dig gardening (which means good for earthworms and stag beetles, and also good for your back!) With a degree in geography from Cambridge University, he is a vegetarian who grows all on his own food in Somerset, where local wildlife often ‘wave at him’ as they go to his beds to help themselves to a bit of dinner!
