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No dig gardening
http://www.no-dig-gardening.org/no-dig-gardening-guide
It says no dig but - you have to collect cardboard - you have to mow lots of lawns - you have to aquire soil/compost mix from somewhere - you have to find some straw It all needs sourcing and bringing to the location - so whilst it may be different work from the hard work of breaking ground digging it is still effort! -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
No dig gardening
On Dec 17, 1:04*pm, mogga wrote:
http://www.no-dig-gardening.org/no-dig-gardening-guide It says no dig but - you have to collect cardboard - you have to mow lots of lawns - you have to aquire soil/compost mix from somewhere - you have to find some straw It all needs sourcing and bringing to the location - so whilst it may be different work from the hard work of breaking ground digging it is still effort! --http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk It is called NO DIG not no work. |
No dig gardening
On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:55:25 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill
wrote: On Dec 17, 1:04*pm, mogga wrote: http://www.no-dig-gardening.org/no-dig-gardening-guide It says no dig but - you have to collect cardboard - you have to mow lots of lawns - you have to aquire soil/compost mix from somewhere - you have to find some straw It all needs sourcing and bringing to the location - so whilst it may be different work from the hard work of breaking ground digging it is still effort! --http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk It is called NO DIG not no work. LOL OK that's true. Although it does involve the use of a digging implement too. :) -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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... http://www.no-dig-gardening.org/no-dig-gardening-guide It says no dig but - you have to collect cardboard - you have to mow lots of lawns - you have to aquire soil/compost mix from somewhere - you have to find some straw It all needs sourcing and bringing to the location - so whilst it may be different work from the hard work of breaking ground digging it is still effort! Perhaps I should tell my neighbour about this - he double digs every spring AND every autumn! -- Kathy |
No dig gardening
On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:39:50 -0000, Janet wrote:
I've done both and IME cardboard/mulching/collecting is far quicker and easier than digging new beds. I call a local white-goods supplier and ask them for a stack of their largest cardboard containers; they will happily supply a car full, flattened, free to collect before the bin men arrive to take them. As for compost and mulch material there is a limitless supply for modest effort and minimal cost. For years while making the garden I had two lawn contractors and three neighbours delivering all their lawnmowings. (free. Contractors here have to pay to dispose of garden rubbish). I use some of it as mulch and the rest to fuel 3 large compost heaps and 3 daleks.I still take all the neighbours' grasscuttings. I've thought of asking the mower men who do the council areas if they'll leave the clippings for me but they can't get right onto my plot with their mowers so it'd have to be left on the carpark until I moved it. The adjacent farm pasture used to be thistle infested (great compost material) and the shepherd is happy for me to harvest them before flowering; unfortunately over years I've almost eliminated the crop. Same shepherd is happy for me to sweep and bag the wool dags and dung from shed floor after sheep shearing; saves him doing it and its only 2 minutes away in the car. More great compost material. Impressive varieties of materials! Our car holds 27 full big plastic sacks. A local horse charity (RDA) collects all their horses dung into sacks and asks people to take them away. Once a year I fill the car and give them a donation. Some for bed mulch, some to fuel compost heaps. Once or twice a year, after the right kind of storm, I take the sacks to the right beach, and fill them with fresh seaweed. Some for bed mulch, some to fuel compost heaps. Seaweed is supposed to be good for asparagus beds.. I'm a bit far from the sea at the moment. In the past I've begged leaves (already swept from parks by council workers); bales of spoiled straw free from stockfarmer who would otherwise have thrown it out, and several acres of lush nettles whose owner was only too glad to have me harvest them. Janet. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
No dig gardening
On 17-Dec-2011, mogga wrote: On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:55:25 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill wrote: On Dec 17, 1:04*pm, mogga wrote: http://www.no-dig-gardening.org/no-dig-gardening-guide It says no dig but - you have to collect cardboard - you have to mow lots of lawns - you have to aquire soil/compost mix from somewhere - you have to find some straw It all needs sourcing and bringing to the location - so whilst it may be different work from the hard work of breaking ground digging it is still effort! --http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk It is called NO DIG not no work. LOL OK that's true. Although it does involve the use of a digging implement too. :) Isn't this the same as Permaculture? Doug. |
No dig gardening
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On 17-Dec-2011, mogga wrote: On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:55:25 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill wrote: On Dec 17, 1:04*pm, mogga wrote: http://www.no-dig-gardening.org/no-dig-gardening-guide It says no dig but - you have to collect cardboard - you have to mow lots of lawns - you have to aquire soil/compost mix from somewhere - you have to find some straw It all needs sourcing and bringing to the location - so whilst it may be different work from the hard work of breaking ground digging it is still effort! --http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk It is called NO DIG not no work. LOL OK that's true. Although it does involve the use of a digging implement too. :) Isn't this the same as Permaculture? It's a technique used in Permaculture, but doesn't necessarily involve any of the other facets of Permaculture such as planting, ethics etc. Janet |
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