No dig on different soil types
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No Dig Gardening

A lovely aspect of no dig is how soils that are usually considered difficult – clay or stony for example – become easy to garden. Soils that are ‘difficult to work’ are usually perfectly fertile, and with no dig we enhance that fertility, while sowing and planting in a soft surface of organic matter. This surface is easier for weeding too.

The no dig methodology in this pack applies to all soils. The only variation I suggest is to use more compost on sandy and chalky soils, whose fertility and moisture retention are poor.

One more consideration is liability to flooding, which is a site and climate issue, and nothing to do with soil management. Raised beds and no dig will help, but you may need to undertake drainage work too.

I can illustrate the flexibility of no dig, using the gardens I have made as examples of working with soils of very different quality.

Stony soil
White clay in south west France
Yellow clay in Somerset with a loamy surface
Homeacres soil
Clay in Kent
Sandy soil
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