No-Dig Gardening: Raised Beds, Layered Gardens, and Other No-Till Techniques

by Bella Linde, Lena Granefelt (Photographer)

Overview

Discover how to create a weed-free, sustainable, abundant garden with the no-till gardening method!

The no-dig or no-till gardening method is an easy and climate-smart technique that is gaining in popularity and revolutionizing the gardening world. This book teaches you everything you need to start and care for a kitchen garden without any digging, watering, or weeding. Too good to be true? Find out for yourself! No-dig gardening is better for the environment, easier on your back, and yields abundant vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Learn everything you need to get started!

• Layer your garden properly (the lasagna method)
• Choose the right cover materials
• When to plant seedlings and when to direct sow
• How to compost
• Learn about permaculture techniques
• Attract the good insects and repel the unwanted ones
• Recognize common plant diseases

Chock-full of practical tips and designed with gorgeous photos throughout, this is your guide to a healthy, eco-friendly, abundant garden.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510769045
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	03/15/2022
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,046,976
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Bella Linde is a journalist and author focusing on gardening practices. No-Dig Gardening follows her success of Rätt ur Jorden (Straight from the Earth), a book for self-sustaining households that has sold over 20,000 copies. She lives in Sweden.

Lena Granefelt is a photographer focusing on gardening, planting, and food. She fives in Sweden.

Table of Contents

Foreword 6

No-Dig Gardening-This Is How It's Done 8

Put away the spade, Never ever leave the soil bare, Climate smart and economical, The role models

Let's Get Started! 16

Laying down No-Dig beds, Compost bed, Lasagna bed, Hügel bed, Pallet collar-a smaller-sized No-Dig bed, Weed-free paths

Tools 36

Good-to-have equipment for No-Dig gardening, Choose the right tools

No-Dig Gardening Method Applied 42

Indoor seed starting-start early and continue a long time, Direct sowing-straight into the garden bed, Crop rotation, Climate-smart perennials, Care, Garden beds-specific care

Maximized Harvests 70

Plant spacing, Staggered planting, Companion planting and interplanting. Cluster planting, Sow fewer but frequently, Succession planting for multiple harvests, Long-lived greens-leaf by leaf, Leafy greens that regrow after harvest, Fall and winter growing, Harvest at the right time, Make space for new crops, Messy bed = humus-rich soil, Growing frames and greenhouses

Cover/Mulching Materials & Compost 84

Cover/mulching material for humus and nutrition, Mulch materials-varieties, properties and use, Compost-bedded down for comfortable growing, Compost-varieties, properties, and how to create them

Nutrition 118

Fertilizers-kinds and their effects, Biochar-nutrition-loaded soil amendment, Nutrients and how they work, Nutritional problems-signs and treatments

Soil Organisms-The Gardener's Teammates 128

Life underground, The nutritional network cycle, Mycorrhiza-a vital network, The importance of pH

Geology 138

This is the soil's physical structure

Vegetable Favorites 144

Annuals-for big and dependable crops, Perennials-easy care and a long season

Pollination & Flowers 186

Flowers in No-Dig garden beds, Flowering kitchen garden, Create a meadow, Flowers from spring to fail, Other ways to attract insects

Thugs in the Garden Bed 194

Prevention, Pest control, Protective fiber cloths and netting, Common pests and how to get rid of them. Common diseases and how they appear

Some Common Questions 208

Answers to the most common questions about No-Dig gardening

Index 214

Sources 216

Thank You! 217