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I always listen to GQT and remember this episode in paricular because it was pro no-dig and abut a bad back!!!

I am new on here, although my Grandfather, a farmer in the (mostly early part) of the 20th century, always used to top up the vegetable gardens each year. By the 1950’s they were far higher than the grass paths!
Woe betide any child found straying onto the garden- nothing must be trodden down!
We grew the fruit and vegetables in the gardens round the farmhouse by this method. I remember the year when I first saw anyone digging – it was the time when the horseradish roots had escaped and had to be removed from an area of about 18 square yards!
Of course, in those days, everything was organic and since we had cows, chickens, pigs, etc , everything from potatoes to raspberries loved their roots 🙂 the compost heaps smelt beautiful as well. (you have to have been brought up on a farm to appreciate the last bit).
We also had about 80 acres of fields and meadows so it was my Grandmother and Mother who looked after the orchards and gardens.
My Husband and I have now been gardening for nearly 3 years. Our Son-in-law reminded me of no-dig in 2012 with a reprint of a leaflet which made me decide to finally give up smoking and spend the money on raised bed gardening when we moved to our new home .
The rest is history. We started with 4 raised beds built by my Son-in-law and his Brother (a carpenter) who then added 2 more at the edge of the lawn. this year we added 3 more in the middle of the lawn..

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