The place we recently moved into has a bit of a garden bed area, but we think (looking at sun charts etc), that it will only be getting good sun for 4~6 months a year. Hopefully we can get something done with that time period as we're pretty keen to doing some gardening :)

Will need to do a few trips soon to buy some compost etc.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I'll make a suggestion - take it or leave it - but I can vouch for it 👍

Go "No Dig", I've been doing this for a while now and can say it is one of the easiest and best ways to garden. To get started you need cardboard (or similar) and either buy in compost or work on making your own. Obviously, no digging is required. Simple as...

I highly recommend spending some time watching Charles Dowdings' youtube channel - he has books too, but the detail on youtube is all you need.

The soil I've developed with this method is so much better than I have ever had before, and I just don't find the need to use any chemicals/fertilizers. We buy very little/no vegetables now! The quality of our veg. has improved using this method too. (Shit, that almost sound like I'm trying to sell you something - I'm not... 😜)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Huh thats quite interesting. Would it work for beds that already have soil upto the top?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The small amount of compost, 3-5 cm you cover with each year, is pretty much all gone by the following year. So if I understand your question, yes, no dig works on raised beds as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

A little big of digging on the first setup then I assume? Don't really have any space left over to add any additional.

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