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A lush, productive vegetable, herb, and flower garden doesn’t have to require endless hours of time and unlimited energy. No-dig gardening methods let you keep the rototiller in the shed and focus on what you like best—planting and harvesting! With the
step-by-step instructions in
The Complete Guide to No-Dig Gardening, you’ll discover how to
build healthy, easy-to-plant garden soil by adding layers of organic matter using one of
several different no-dig techniques. Whether you garden in a small, urban backyard or on several acres in the country, this
simple approach lets you grow more food and blooms than ever before, and
leave the gas-guzzling tiller behind forever. Plus, when you don't disturb the soil,
weed seeds stay buried deep where they can't germinate and
carbon is kept sequestered in the ground. No-dig gardening techniques also lead to
reduced watering needs and a
healthy population of beneficial soil microbes that help feed your plants by breaking down organic matter and releasing nutrients.
In addition to extolling the endless
benefits of no-dig growing, author and veggie-growing expert Charlie Nardozzi hands you the tools you need to:
- Create a new no-dig garden from scratch
- Transition an existing garden to the no-dig method
- Build the most productive, nutrient-rich soil possible
- Recycle yard waste by building a Hugelkultur planting mound
- Discover more about some great variations of no-dig gardening, including raised beds and containers
- Bring your no-dig garden indoors for a continuous harvest
Welcome oodles of fresh, homegrown veggies, herbs, and flowers into your life—with
no back-breaking work required!
List of contents
Introduction: What is No-Dig Gardening?
1 The Benefits of No-Dig Gardening
2 Soil Considerations in the No-Dig Garden
3 Building a No-Dig Garden from Scratch
4 Converting an Existing Garden to No-Dig
5 Planting and Growing in Your No-Dig Garden
6 Variations on the No-Dig Concept
7 Containers—The Original No-Dig Garden
8 Bringing It Indoors
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
About the author
Charlie Nardozzi is a nationally recognized garden writer, speaker, and radio and television personality. He brings expert gardening information to home gardeners through radio, television, lectures, the Internet, and the printed page. Charlie delights in making gardening information simple, easy, fun, and accessible to everyone. Charlie has his own radio and television shows, is a well-known public speaker, and is the author of Cool Springs Press's Northeast Fruit & Vegetable Gardening (2012), Vegetable Gardener's Journal and Magnet Gift Set (2014), New England Getting Started Garden Guide, and Foodscaping (2015).
Summary
The Complete Guide to No-Dig Gardening is a warm and friendly, yet science-based, guide where readers learn how to grow a healthy, productive garden without ever turning over the soil.
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"...if you want to garden in a way that aligns better with nature and builds on what nature has to offer; and if you want to garden in a way that makes your life easier – this book is a great addition to your library."
