Reply To: New Small Allotment

[Scott Huey]

All the best Jessica! I’m sure your bed will be fantastically productive! I have a small front garden that is now a bed, 3×3 that I started nodig last year after discovering Charles youtube and buying one of his books. I got an amazing crop of British queen potatoes and then transplanted in some Red Russian kale seedlings to replace them on the same day. The kale is still going strong and Iv had about ten picks. Two good crops from a N facing garden instead of cutting the grass! I could not be happier. I followed Charles advice throughout. I got the kale replacing spuds idea from his organic gardening book and I added About 5-10cm of compost as advised. I started the kale in baby pots ready to replace the potatoes. There have been virtually no weeds at all except after harvesting the potatoes. The weed seeds maybe germinated with the soil being disturbed. I picked them out easily when they were small and no weeds really since. It’s been smooth sailing and I can’t thanks Charles enough. Thank you for sharing your no-dig plans. Maybe a follow up? 😊