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Drawing on his years of experience as an expert gardener, Charles Dowding illustrates the simplicity of starting a new vegetable garden with tales and pictures from his first year on his latest plot of land. Filled with insights into the processes that Charles uses to garden so successfully, this practical book is a must-read for anyone who has unused land and doesn't know where to start. The book will take you through starting points, stages of clearing ground, mulch, comparing techniques, early sowings and plantings, and growing in polytunnels and greenhouses. This book is invaluable for realizing the full potential of any plot of land - no matter its previous uses.



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Charles Dowding

Charles Dowding has made no dig popular. His readers and viewers learn the method and how it's good for soil, healthy for plants and climate, and easier for them. His books and videos are as applicable for small areas as for large ones, and are used by millions of gardeners worldwide. Since 1982 he has created and cropped four no dig market gardens on different soils: in the 1980s he cropped 7.5acres / 3ha of no dig beds, now he grows vegetables from 0.33 acres / 1300 m2 in Somerset, SW England. He has written 11 books and sowing Calendars of which four are self published. His You Tube channel has 500,000 subscribers, he has created online gardening courses, writes for gardening magazines, and gives talks/courses online, at home and abroad.



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