Welcome to a new book giveaway!
I’ve got two copies of gardening expert Charles Dowding’s new book, ‘No Dig Gardening’, to give away. Whether you’ve only just started growing your own, or are a seasoned pro, this is a great book to help you improve your crops and garden more sustainably.
What is no dig gardening?
Charles Dowding is famous in the gardening world for pioneering organic gardening, and for being a world authority on no-dig vegetable gardening. No dig gardening involves simply mulching your soil with compost, rather than digging it. There are lots of benefits to this method, including improved soil structure, better drainage, fewer weeds and healthier plants. And because there’s no digging, you save lots of time too!
Let’s take a look at Charles’s new book in more detail.
Charles Dowding’s No Dig Gardening – From Weeds to Vegetables Easily and Quickly
The book is based on the written content of Charles’s successful online course. It takes you through a series of ‘lessons’, which explain the concept of no dig vegetable gardening and the art of making good compost for your garden. Each lesson is comprehensively illustrated with before, during and after photographs from Charles’s own market garden. Lessons finish with a multiple-choice quiz to help you recap the main learnings.
As well as taking you through the no dig method, there are lots of other practical resources too. The book shows you how to plan your vegetable garden layout, how to create and look after beds and paths, and how to make your own compost, and also explains the different types of mulch and how you can use them to clear weeds.
There are also two chapters dedicated to planting plans for small spaces, based on what Charles has grown and showing how no dig helped to achieve these outcomes. This is a great resource for those of us with limited outdoor space, and shows just how productive even a small veggie plot can be.
This really is a brilliantly practical and accessible book. With millions of views of his YouTube videos over lockdown alone, Charles’s no-frills methods resonate with novice and experienced gardeners alike. This is the ideal book for anyone interested in the no dig method, and how to implement it in their own garden or allotment. And if you’re already starting to think about Christmas shopping, it would make a lovely gift for a gardener too. Who would you buy it for?
Win a copy of No Dig Gardening
I’m giving away two copies of No Dig Gardening – From Weeds to Vegetables Easily and Quickly by Charles Dowding, each with an RRP of £22.50. To enter, just follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter widget below. Good luck!
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My daughter Grace who has a keen interest and is just starting out but seems to have green fingers
My partner loves gardening so this would be the perfect book for them!
This book would be for my son who has just acquired an allotment. I mentioned the “no dig” method to him and this would be a good follow up. A perfect gift for his forthcoming birthday.
perfect for me as i love growing veg etc
I’d buy this for my partner Liz who loves gardening
I would buy it for my daughter.
My mother in law she loves her garden
I would buy it for myself as I love gardening and an interested in trying no dig
Hello, I think I would buy this book for myself as I really enjoy gardening. Thank you for the chance to win.
Myself – I love gardening but need pots of advice!
This would be lovely for my father in law
I’d buy the book for me. Bought Charles’ Organic Gardening book 10 yrs ago and been doing no dig ever since.
I’d buy the book for my sister, a gardening friend or myself!
i would buy the book for my husband
My dad mr green fingers extrodinaire
I would love to win this book for me! Currently obsessed with Nodig and cannot absorb enough information. Thank you for the opprtunuty
Can I say myself as I bought a house with a huge garden this year and the digging and weeding has been on a scale I am not used to and I would like to know how I can reduce this next year and still produce veg and not be swamped by weeds.
my dad he loves his veg but hes struggling now in the garden
Looks like a great book with a new system to be tried
My husband would love this book.
My husband and myself – we would share!!
My husband would love this book
My mum would love this!!
I would get it for myself as I want to increase the amount of veg I grow
My friend who grows some fruit and veg
During the start of Lockdown in March I began gardening to occupy my time and my children’s and give us something positive to focus on. I stumbled across Charles Dowding and managed to get hold of some compost and made myself a little no dog bed in the garden. We’ve had potatoes, Kale, carrots, radishes, tomatoes, lettuce and cabbage on this little plot. I’m so looking forward to next season where I want to go bigger and better and would soooo love to win this book!
no ‘DIG’ not ‘dog’!! My dog has also been involved with the planting!
I’d give it to one of my daughters
I would buy it for my sister. She has a huge garden but doesn’t do very much with it. My garden is about a 10th of hers size wise and is full of flowers and veg. This book would inspire her to get her sleeves rolled up and make 2021 the year her garden comes to life.
I’d love this book for me and my husband. We are in the 3rd year of trying to reclaim a very overgrown plot and make it into a back garden we can actually use, so this would be very useful.
I would buy this book for me as I do the gardening at home and especially love to grow a wide variety of veg.
Great prize
id get this book for myself–it looks so useful
My neighbour. She loves her garden.
It would be for me. As a proud owner of an allotment I would get a lot of pleasure from reading the advice given in this book
I would buy this for myself as there’s always so many new things to learn
I’d love this book for me to help plan for next years growing and I’d share it with my Mum to show here that you don’t have to break your back digging to grow your own.
I would buy the book for my husband who I am sure would find it inspiring and I could read it too!
My mum would absolutely love this book x
My son and his partner would love this
My dad adores his garden.
I think my dad would absolutely love this book. Gardening is what has kept him busy through lockdown.
I would buy this for my dad as he stuck home alot because of this virus he would love this,
I would buy this for my husband who has developed a strong interest in gardening.
I would but this book for my wife Rebekah. She is the brains on our allotment and I water things.
I would buy this book for my daughter who loves gardening.
id buy this for my mother in law
my mom
I’d buy this for myself as it sounds a great book
No Dig sounds great just what my hubby would love to read he loves his gardening
I would get this book for myself love to grow my own veg =.
I would find this book very inspiring, as i have my own allotment
Im a new gardener so need alot of advice
I’d get this for my hubby as this year due to Covid-19 he’s become interested in gardening, so this would really help him plan our new garden as he’s hoping to grow our own fruit and vegetables in the future
My Dad would love this book!
I have seen this gentleman on Gardeners World, so I would keep this for myself – am really interested in his method of growing veg.
I would be buying it for myself as I started vegetable gardening over lockdown.
I’d buy this book for myself, I love growing my own and am planning to go all out next year so this method would help me immensely
I’d love this book for hubby. He is a keen gardener but enjoys reading about it and planning for the year ahead during the winter months when he can’t be outside
I’d buy this book as a treat for myself. Ive just discovered No Dig, and have ben watching Charles Dowding on You tube. Seems like the perfect way forward to hopefully help me with growing veg success
I would love to win this for myself and my husband for our allotment