{"id":18647,"date":"2017-06-28T11:13:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T10:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18647"},"modified":"2017-06-28T11:13:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T10:13:56","slug":"minimum-cultivation-no-dig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/design\/minimum-cultivation-no-dig\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Cultivation- No Dig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-489\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kid-digging.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kid-digging.jpg 450w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kid-digging-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What is &#8216;No Dig&#8217;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;No Dig&#8217; gardening or not turning over your soil is\u00c2\u00a0 growing in popularity with organic farmers and some gardeners. It is a term used for clearing the ground and establishing a minimum cultivation area without digging.<\/li>\n<li>The substitute for digging<span class=\"_Tgc\"> is mulching.\u00c2\u00a0 The garden may be covered with paper or cardboard and topped with a deep layer of compost. Worms will help drag the organic matter down into the soil.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Plastic sheeting is a poor substitute as it brings nothing to the party but stifles weeds.<\/li>\n<li>Alternate layers of manure and straw can help build up the quality of &#8216;no dig&#8217; soil.<\/li>\n<li>Water well avoid walking on the plot and plan to plant through the mulches with minimum disturbance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Benefits of Minimum Cultivation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This form of gardening is less labour intensive compared to dig a spit deep or heaven forbid, double digging.<\/li>\n<li>Using a good layer of straw or compost improves soil structure and builds up over the years.<\/li>\n<li>The soil remains in good heart and there should be less soil erosion and runoff<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00a0Beneficial invertebrates, fungi and earthworms will enjoy the lack of disturbance and repay the no dig gardener with increase fertility.<\/li>\n<li>Minimum cultivation reduces the loss of nitrates and reduces leaching.<\/li>\n<li>Less wear and tear on the gardeners back.<\/li>\n<li>The texture of the soil will become darker and crumbly with a good tilth.<\/li>\n<li>Digging can bring up perennial weed seeds that are best left deeper in the soil where light can&#8217;t set them into germination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1517138353\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1517138353.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is &#8216;No Dig&#8217; &#8216;No Dig&#8217; gardening or not turning over your soil is\u00c2\u00a0 growing in popularity with organic farmers and some gardeners. It is a term used for clearing the ground and establishing a minimum cultivation area without digging. The substitute for digging is mulching.\u00c2\u00a0 The garden may be covered with paper or cardboard and topped with a deep layer of compost. Worms will help drag the organic matter down into the soil. Plastic sheeting is a poor substitute&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/design\/minimum-cultivation-no-dig\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-gardening","category-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}