No Dig Garden
What is a No Dig Garden?It is just as it says, it's a garden that doesn't require any digging at all, none, not even the slightest amount. The idea is that you introduce all of the compost, soil, mulch etc directly onto the surface. ebook US$7.50 
You can create a No Dig Garden over any surface at all such as:Unused tennis court Cement - concrete Rocks Driveway Paths Barren soil Bricks Poor quality soil Boulders Old decking Lawn Weeds Water soaked soil Frozen soil
What are the benefits?* This is an excellent basis for your front yard garden design requirement or for planning your vegetable garden.
* You are creating your own soil for the plants so you know how healthy it really is.
* You can adjust the soil conditions to your optimal levels, no need for your plants to struggle with poor compacted soil, bad drainage, cold soil or drought conditions.
* You will often gain a larger and healthier harvest in this style of garden as the plants have less disease, less
garden pests such as snails
and less weeds to compete with.
* You learn how to make a No Dig Garden when you do a
Permaculture Design Course
, they have been teaching these for many years now in countries all around the world, the results are in – they are successful in all conditions.
*This is an excellent basis for your front yard garden design requirements or for planning a vegetable garden.
What are the sustainable gardening aspects of the No Dig Garden?* It is the ideal place to deposit all of your compost, if you don’t do composting at the moment you might like to start as this garden will love it. * You have not disturbed the topsoil at all, this means that the microbes living there are still alive and able to assist the soil in your new garden. * Water and nutrients travel along the path made by plant roots. Your new garden has no compacted soil at all so the soil will be more able to access the rain and nutrients you place on it.
See here for the details I cover in my ebook.

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