Building a No Dig Garden:

The no dig garden is exactly what it describes...a fertile garden bed with no digging at all. It involves ering clean, organic erials that will literally comt around r plants as they grow.

The No Dig Garden is built on top of the ground, so can build a garden anywhere. This makes it extremely attractive for those sites that have poor soil or are w infested. It's also a great method of gardening for those who can't (or don't want to) dig a
garden patch!

The site choose for r garden must get at least 5 hours of sunlight a day. Drainage will be good because of the erials that will be used in making the garden.

If are plang over lawn or ws, mow them to ground level. If are plang on a hard surface, put down some cushioning organic erial first (like seaw or leaves).

To build r no dig garden start with a er of newspaper (no colour pring), at least 6mm (1/4 inch) th. Surround the garden with some sort of border erial. This can be brs, logs, planks or rocks but should be at least 20-25CM high (8-10 inches)
to contain the organic erial within.

Lay down a er of lucerne hay leaving no gaps, to a height of 10cm (about 4 inches). Lr some good organic fertilizer on top to a height of 20mm (1 inch). This can be just about any sort of good quality erial like chen, horse, cow or sheep manure.

Add another th er of straw to the garden 150mm (6 inches) and another er of fertilizer and then top it off with a 100mm (4 inches) of comt.

Water the garden until it's soaking and let it settle for a few days before plang.

Slings do better than ss in the no dig garden.

Here's what will happen. The slings will get a k start in the rich, comt top soil. The fertilizer underneath will start the 'comg' of the lucerne hay and straw. The comg will generate heat and biological activity that will really k along the sling growth. The roots will further break down the straw and hay and it in turn will become solid enough to support the growing plants.

The newsprint is th enough to discourage w growth through the ers, but will deteriorate enough to allow earth worms to chew their way upwards.

Conue to er mulch, straw and comt as the garden bed ures. Never dig this bed over, just er more and more erial as required. Rotate r crops and add fresh comt regularly.

Your garden bed will deliver consistent, spectacular results season after season.