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Tools and techniques no dig bed prep
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Use less time and effort, for better results. Know and be familiar with a few key tools you need. Video inspired by a conversation with Stephanie Hafferty, from questions asked on the FB Group Undug. • I show efficient and easy use of just a few tools. We start with moving compost in my old wheelbarrow, a vital tool. • You see how a manure fork contrasts with a digging fork. I use the former to load a wheelbarrow, and break lumps of compost so that spreading is more even and compost is then more available to soil organisms • You see a bed of carrots we are harvesting, and how the soil is a little disturbed and uneven after the pull. Learn how to grow no dig carrots in my books, such as this double offer https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/... • I show using a rake explain why levelling is good, for even distribution of compost, then it's easier to hoe, plant and sow. • I spread compost and make level either with the manure fork. • I explain firming and use my foot, if sowing or planting immediately • Maintain the bed and path weed free. If coming back later, say very early spring, you may need to Hoe. I show how to use it effectively. • Also how to remove perennial weed roots with a Trowel, using bindweed as an example. • Transplanting: it's easiest and quickest to pop in small plants. • How to make a hole - I show use of a Dibber. • How to plant with a trowel eg potato seed • Tidy edge - I show our method of keeping it neat, thanks to Josh Rogers fo input. See another video about this in Module 4 of my online course https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/... • Timecodes: • 00:00 Introduction • 01:00 Loading compost with a manure fork or shovel and breaking up lumps • 05:00 Difference between homemade compost and horse manure • 06:45 Compost bucket and harvesting carrots • 09:18 Using a rake to keep an even surface on your beds • 11:03 Using a wheelbarrow to apply compost and using a fork to spread the compost - bed prep • 14:18 Trowel and dibber for planting • 18:55 Swivel / oscillating hoe for weeding and raking techniques • 21:12 Trowel for planting potatoes and for weeding • 24:16 Edging with long handled shears • When you make a purchase of products I recommend, please use this link to my page on Crocus https://tidd.ly/44dEU7d, I earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support. • My copper tools are expensive, but last for years and are kind on soil quality such as magnetism, little understood https://www.implementations.co.uk/shop/ • UK distributor of my long handled dibber https://www.gardenimports.co.uk/produ... • USA Canada distributor of my long handled dibber https://allaboutthegarden.com • For Starting out No Dig, on many weeds, see my earlier video • No-Dig Gardening for Beginners: Step-... • Filmed and edited 8th November 2020 by Edward Dowding. • At Homeacres small, no dig market and teaching garden in Somerset UK, temperate oceanic climate zone 8. • MORE FROM CHARLES • To buy one of my online courses https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product-... • To buy a book https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product-... • To join an in person Day or Weekend course at Homeacres https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product-... • To join my channel as a member, use this link / @charlesdowding1nodig • As a member, you can watch a new video each month, which is exclusively for members. Your payments support my promotion and teaching of better, easier gardening. I can offer bursaries for day courses and online courses, through individuals in charge of community gardens/allotments and school gardens. Contact us through my website to enquire about bursaries https://charlesdowding.co.uk/contact-us/ • To buy the module trays I designed with Containerwise, use this link https://containerwise.co.uk/product/c... • The Refill Room also hold stock of the module trays, https://www.refillroom.com/product-ca... • The Farm Dream for buying trays in Europe https://thefarmdream.com/product-cate... • To buy t-shirts and hoodies with my exclusive no dig designs, use this link https://charlesdowding.teemill.com • For fleece and mesh supplies Charles recommends Gardening Naturally https://www.paidonresults.net/c/57860... • #nodig #growyourownfood #growyourownveggies #nodiggardening #marketgarden
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