Reply To: starting no-dig gardening in spring

[zuf]

stewart has good points, why i’m doing this.

I’m used to doing gardens like this on a slope and they also work beautiful.
Water is main focus for me and in permaculture we say SSS – slow it, spread it, sink it.
There is zero soil erosion in heavy rainfalls which we occasionaly get and water is life and there are many nutrients and microelements in rainwater – i don’t want run off.

As this was a new client i didn’t want to experiment with gardens down the slope, but i am aware of it and i would love to try it sometime to see how it works!
Mulching with compost certainly helps to retain water and minimize soil erosion, but to what extent in heavy rainfall? – i don’t know that and i need to see it. 🙂

Thanks for all the comments!