No dig gardening is one of 2020's biggest gardening trends, hailed for its environmental benefits and fuss-free technique.But how exactly do you get started on a no dig garden?

1. How to Double Dig a Garden. I can see that no dig would be good once the problem is solved but how would you address the initial problem of so many roots. The best thing about a no-dig garden is that you are creating the quality of soil that your plants need as you go season after season.

I have used this method in my own garden, at the allotment and in the gardens I have created for clients. No-dig gardening is a non-cultivation method used by some organic gardeners.The origins of no-dig gardening are unclear, and may be based on pre-industrial or nineteenth-century farming techniques.

She was puzzled and I wrote this to clarify misconceptions about how to start no dig, how to mulch, and what is “compact” soil. Buy Charles Dowding's No Dig Gardening: Course 1 Hardback by Dowding Charles ISBN: 9781916092037 Free postage on orders over £50 to UK and Ireland. The "no dig" method is said to produce enough plant food, soil aeration and friability for good plant growth. No one is sure who started the no-dig revolution, but many attribute Australian, Esther Deans, a writer and conservationist who outlined a method of heavy mulching over newspaper to prepare garden beds for planting.

Others insist the invention of no-dig gardening belongs to the Japanese microbiologist, Masanobu Fukuoka.

What is double-digging? No dig gardens built on existing garden beds or lawns. Thank you. I converted my allotment to no… And of course it's better for your back than digging.

No Dig gardening is a wonderful way to grow abundant crops all year round in a way that saves time and money, with fewer weeds and healthier soil.

No visitors allowed on the premises. Here are the step-by step instructions for building a no-dig … How to Build a No-Dig Garden.

If you have a patch of soil that you'd like to turn into a well-draining garden bed with deep, loose soil, then you'll need to put in some elbow grease and double-dig the bed. RHS advice.

The no dig method sounds great but I have a neighbour on the allotment whose plot is infested with mares tail – lots of the shoots with spores every year not just the spiky green shoots. Rather than focusing on your current soil quality, imagine how greatly it will improve over time. The only difference is that you need to add an extra layer first when building on hard or rocky surfaces. As well as encouraging worms and beneficial soil mycorrhiza it's also ideal for those with bad backs. This is my advice about no dig in reply to an (not the) RHS level two teaching, via Instagram’s fakenhamgardener, who sent me this RHS explanation of no dig which she is being taught. Charles Dowding, an author and gardener, has been an advocate of the easy-to-do method for years. The no-dig gardening method is an excellent way to reduce the amount of digging over, weeding and unnecessary work often associated with gardening. To get your no-dig garden started, follow four simple steps. No dig gardens built on concrete, paved areas or rocky ground.