The Complete Guide to No-Dig Gardening - Grow Beautiful Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers - The Easy Way! Layer Your Way to Healthy Soil-Eliminate Tilling and Digging-Build a Productive Garden -Reduce Weeding and Watering by Charlie Nardozzi
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Web ID: 14737423How to Use a No Dig Method and Why
Description Growing a garden that requires less weeding is easier than it sounds. With decades of work in gardens, Charlie Nardozzi had published numerous books and spoken on many different platforms to share his expertise. Here, he focuses on no-dig gardening – a specific approach that centers around improving and maintaining soil quality within the garden. Nardozzi explains why this is crucial to garden success, how it can make more productive gardens that require less work, and follows through by giving numerous examples of how to actually do it. Discover how to adapt this gardening method to work for you and get started in it with confidence. Disclosure I personally bought this book. There was no agreement with the author, publisher, or any third party that I would publish a review. The following review is unsolicited, unbiased, and all opinions are my own. Review – Spoiler Free This book was suggested to help me start a garden in our incredibly rocky, compacted soil. I loved the concept of no-dig gardening, but was feeling overwhelmed with where to begin, and this book was definitely helpful. Nardozzi writes in a relaxed voice that is easy to follow and understand, communicating the difference between soil types, why to plant lettuce between tomatoes, and which trees to avoid using in a hügelkultur mound, with casual clarity. If you just want to do no-dig gardening with raised beds, you can quickly and easily figure it out. If you want to convert and existing, tilled garden to a no-dig style, a 1 page step-by-step outlines the basics. If you want to understand more about what makes the no-dig gardening method work, you can dive into the chapter on soil. More of a reference and how-to guide, than a front-to-back read, a lot of the information is repeated in multiple parts. There was a chapter on the benefits of the no-dig gardening method that probably could have been summed up in the introduction and the picture captions frequently reiterated information already communicated on the respective page (a peeve of mine). This can be annoying when reading the book’s entirety, but makes it more enabling for people to get started with a specific no-dig project. Overall, I loved how this book communicated the ease of starting and maintaining a no-dig garden. Much of that information I won’t need to read again, having now understood and applied it; but I learned a lot on my read through, and I will be keeping this book for reference to some handy charts, my margin notes, and loaning to friends.
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great addition to any gardener's library
Wow! What a valuable resource this book is for anyone interested in no-dig gardening! Nardozzi goes over the benefits of this method, and gives detailed instructions on how to get started, how to convert an existing garden to a no-dig garden, and gives several methods of the technique to try. The information is clear and easy to understand, and there are lots of helpful photos, illustrations, and diagrams. The soil in my yard is not that great, but this book has convinced me I could still have a great garden! #TheCompleteGuidetoNoDigGardening #NetGalley
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A good reference book
I found No-Dig Gardening to be much more than I expected. Not only did he cover how to accomplish the basic no-dig garden, he also included several different versions of no-dig gardening including straw bales and rock surrounded beds. Very good for a reference.
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No Dig Gardening
The author advises against rototilling, as he says it will cause more of a problem with weeds. He suggests using cover crops such as annual rye grass or buckwheat to fix nitrogen in the soil (plowing under after they have enriched the soil), or using cardboard or newspaper (not shiny colored papers which could leach harmful chemicals into the soil) to layer on top of the garden to kill potential weed infestations. Straw bale, keyhole, and hugulkultur gardening are presented as intriguing alternatives. He discusses direct seeding vs. buying transplants, and suggests for reliable plants such as marigolds, zinnias, and beans, direct seeding is more economical. There are helpful suggestions on soil mixes and container gardening, both outdoor and indoor. Recommended for anyone looking for a new approach to gardening.
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