It’s so much easier on your back, and encourages all those good soil microbes to do their vital underground work. Elien Lewis tells us why she’s a convert to no-dig vegetable gardening.
A no-dig garden: understanding soil life
My favourite way to grow vegetables is by creating a no-dig garden bed. My entire property has slowly, over time, become one big no-dig garden bed.
No-dig sounds pretty good, right? A vegetable patch with no back-breaking digging is as easy as it sounds, and it has a ton of benefits for the soil and ecosystem of the garden. Healthy, thriving soil grows healthy, thriving plants.
Let’s look at what is behind, or, better yet, what is underneath a successful garden bed.
The first important thing is…