No-dig Gardening
January 23, 2009
A productive vegetable garden that only needs watering every 10 days!
The technique has been used since the 1977 paperback, “Esther Deans’ Gardening Book: Growing Without Digging,” promoted it as a solution to poor soil, rampant weeds, water shortages and costly food
No-dig is more efficient, water wise, because once a plant has a 10- to 12-inch root system, the layers of compost and straw keep moisture around the roots. And you can keep layering it over and over again as the organic matter breaks down.
• Click here to read the Los Angeles Times article, How Do His Veggies Grow? The No-dig Way.
Entry Filed under: Community Gardens, Composting, Gardening & Agriculture, Home Gardens, Hui Gardens, School Gardens, Water. .
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Kathy Becklin | January 26, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Here is another great site on No Dig Gardens.
http://www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.com/