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Win Charles Dowding’s No Dig Gardening book

September 11, 2020 by Catherine 61 Comments

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 No Dig Gardening book
Image credit: Julie Skelton

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.

Charles Dowding No Dig Gardening book page spread

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.

Charles Dowding No Dig Gardening book page spread

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.

Charles Dowding No Dig Gardening book page spread
Image credit: Julie Skelton

You can find out more about the book and order it here.

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?

Charles Dowding No Dig Gardening book cover

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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Comments

  1. Sheena Batey says

    September 11, 2020 at 9:30 am

    My daughter Grace who has a keen interest and is just starting out but seems to have green fingers

    Reply
  2. Mel Pennie says

    September 11, 2020 at 9:32 am

    My partner loves gardening so this would be the perfect book for them!

    Reply
  3. Anna Lord says

    September 11, 2020 at 10:36 am

    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.

    Reply
  4. Iain maciver says

    September 11, 2020 at 11:35 am

    perfect for me as i love growing veg etc

    Reply
  5. Bryan Murphy says

    September 11, 2020 at 2:38 pm

    I’d buy this for my partner Liz who loves gardening

    Reply
  6. Margaret Clarkson says

    September 11, 2020 at 4:09 pm

    I would buy it for my daughter.

    Reply
  7. Harline parkin says

    September 11, 2020 at 4:38 pm

    My mother in law she loves her garden

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  8. Catherine S says

    September 11, 2020 at 5:32 pm

    I would buy it for myself as I love gardening and an interested in trying no dig

    Reply
  9. Lucy says

    September 11, 2020 at 9:03 pm

    Hello, I think I would buy this book for myself as I really enjoy gardening. Thank you for the chance to win.

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  10. Pamela Ramage says

    September 11, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    Myself – I love gardening but need pots of advice!

    Reply
  11. Michelle Smith says

    September 11, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    This would be lovely for my father in law

    Reply
  12. Julian Whitley says

    September 12, 2020 at 9:01 am

    I’d buy the book for me. Bought Charles’ Organic Gardening book 10 yrs ago and been doing no dig ever since.

    Reply
  13. Maya Russell says

    September 12, 2020 at 9:22 am

    I’d buy the book for my sister, a gardening friend or myself!

    Reply
  14. michelle o'neill says

    September 12, 2020 at 11:39 am

    i would buy the book for my husband

    Reply
  15. Margaret Gallagher says

    September 12, 2020 at 2:22 pm

    My dad mr green fingers extrodinaire

    Reply
  16. Mrs Suzanne Holdaway says

    September 12, 2020 at 5:22 pm

    I would love to win this book for me! Currently obsessed with Nodig and cannot absorb enough information. Thank you for the opprtunuty

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  17. Shellyg says

    September 12, 2020 at 5:54 pm

    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.

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  18. fiona waterworth says

    September 12, 2020 at 7:13 pm

    my dad he loves his veg but hes struggling now in the garden

    Reply
  19. Carole Nott says

    September 12, 2020 at 9:18 pm

    Looks like a great book with a new system to be tried

    Reply
  20. Mary Heald says

    September 13, 2020 at 8:25 am

    My husband would love this book.

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  21. Jane Henshaw says

    September 14, 2020 at 10:38 am

    My husband and myself – we would share!!

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  22. Annabel Greaves says

    September 14, 2020 at 5:54 pm

    My husband would love this book

    Reply
  23. Ruth Harwood says

    September 15, 2020 at 6:02 am

    My mum would love this!!

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  24. Mark R says

    September 15, 2020 at 7:55 am

    I would get it for myself as I want to increase the amount of veg I grow

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  25. Julie Ward says

    September 16, 2020 at 11:55 pm

    My friend who grows some fruit and veg

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  26. Lizzie says

    September 21, 2020 at 9:19 pm

    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!

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    • Lizzie Lawson says

      September 21, 2020 at 9:20 pm

      no ‘DIG’ not ‘dog’!! My dog has also been involved with the planting!

      Reply
  27. Sandra Jenkinson says

    September 22, 2020 at 7:13 pm

    I’d give it to one of my daughters

    Reply
  28. Fiona Johnstone says

    September 22, 2020 at 8:36 pm

    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.

    Reply
  29. Fiona jk42 says

    September 22, 2020 at 9:09 pm

    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.

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  30. Hayley Atkins says

    September 23, 2020 at 12:08 am

    I would buy this book for me as I do the gardening at home and especially love to grow a wide variety of veg.

    Reply
  31. Richard M Johnson says

    September 24, 2020 at 2:07 pm

    Great prize

    Reply
  32. adrian price says

    September 27, 2020 at 1:55 pm

    id get this book for myself–it looks so useful

    Reply
  33. Rachel Butterworth says

    September 28, 2020 at 8:53 pm

    My neighbour. She loves her garden.

    Reply
  34. susan leake says

    September 29, 2020 at 6:39 pm

    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

    Reply
  35. Lorraine says

    September 30, 2020 at 1:27 pm

    I would buy this for myself as there’s always so many new things to learn

    Reply
  36. Clare B says

    October 2, 2020 at 12:16 pm

    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.

    Reply
  37. lynn neal says

    October 2, 2020 at 1:27 pm

    I would buy the book for my husband who I am sure would find it inspiring and I could read it too!

    Reply
  38. Jennifer Rhymer says

    October 2, 2020 at 1:32 pm

    My mum would absolutely love this book x

    Reply
  39. Sheri Darby says

    October 2, 2020 at 10:41 pm

    My son and his partner would love this

    Reply
  40. Allan Fullarton says

    October 3, 2020 at 9:48 am

    My dad adores his garden.

    Reply
  41. Rebecca Whatmore says

    October 3, 2020 at 4:07 pm

    I think my dad would absolutely love this book. Gardening is what has kept him busy through lockdown.

    Reply
  42. Troy Easton says

    October 3, 2020 at 6:46 pm

    I would buy this for my dad as he stuck home alot because of this virus he would love this,

    Reply
  43. Katrina Adams says

    October 3, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    I would buy this for my husband who has developed a strong interest in gardening.

    Reply
  44. Richard Field says

    October 3, 2020 at 7:31 pm

    I would but this book for my wife Rebekah. She is the brains on our allotment and I water things.

    Reply
  45. Patricia Barrett says

    October 4, 2020 at 2:49 am

    I would buy this book for my daughter who loves gardening.

    Reply
  46. janine atkin says

    October 4, 2020 at 9:29 am

    id buy this for my mother in law

    Reply
  47. Thomas Riley says

    October 4, 2020 at 10:41 am

    my mom

    Reply
  48. Mandy Doherty says

    October 4, 2020 at 11:08 am

    I’d buy this for myself as it sounds a great book

    Reply
  49. Sandra Fortune says

    October 4, 2020 at 11:58 am

    No Dig sounds great just what my hubby would love to read he loves his gardening

    Reply
  50. karen watt says

    October 4, 2020 at 12:28 pm

    I would get this book for myself love to grow my own veg =.

    Reply
  51. jo liddement says

    October 4, 2020 at 1:54 pm

    I would find this book very inspiring, as i have my own allotment

    Reply
  52. sue cornish says

    October 4, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    Im a new gardener so need alot of advice

    Reply
  53. Janine H says

    October 4, 2020 at 3:58 pm

    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

    Reply
  54. Amy Jo says

    October 4, 2020 at 4:02 pm

    My Dad would love this book!

    Reply
  55. MERYL Thomas says

    October 4, 2020 at 5:03 pm

    I have seen this gentleman on Gardeners World, so I would keep this for myself – am really interested in his method of growing veg.

    Reply
  56. Ross Leech says

    October 4, 2020 at 7:04 pm

    I would be buying it for myself as I started vegetable gardening over lockdown.

    Reply
  57. Tracy Barber says

    October 4, 2020 at 8:21 pm

    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

    Reply
  58. Patricia Avery says

    October 4, 2020 at 8:26 pm

    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

    Reply
  59. Elaine Shaw says

    October 4, 2020 at 8:32 pm

    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

    Reply
  60. Sally Prior says

    October 4, 2020 at 11:12 pm

    I would love to win this for myself and my husband for our allotment

    Reply

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