tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992787439074403830.post1934928545182457772..comments2024-01-13T19:43:05.161+00:00Comments on Allotment Garden: Serious Growing; Allotment Photographs For June 2015Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992787439074403830.post-86041029231083354022015-06-15T10:01:02.917+01:002015-06-15T10:01:02.917+01:00Hi Roger,
Now that I have my permaculture design...Hi Roger, <br />Now that I have my permaculture design certificate and understand where the no dig movement came from having read Bill Mollison's "Permaculture A Design Manual", I think that I have a fairly good handle on nodig appropriateness in most situations. <br />My argument was that my practical and theoretical experience was telling me that the claims that the no dig proponents were making - that it destroyed soil structure and killed microorganisms - were not correct. Well it does destroy soil structre and kill off microorganisms in dry arid climates and tropics where organic matter is very quickly recycled or lost. Tilling here is completely destructive and this can be seen in degraded desertified areas of the world that were previously green and pleasant. Here in the temperate climates soil organic matter is not lost so rapidly and this gives us a buffer, particularly as we have about eight days of rain on average each month. <br />Even here in UK, where some of the original gardening books were written, we cannot uses these traditional digging approaches without careful thought. However, Bill Mollison says that technology that is appropriate should be used to produce sustainable food production - and digging, used sparingly could be one of those technologies. So, I am not a nodiggardener; I am a lessdiggardener. <br />Anthony Cuthberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02875794858885289856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992787439074403830.post-37351178967506556412015-06-14T09:15:08.615+01:002015-06-14T09:15:08.615+01:00Although I am a nodiggardener I fully endorse that...Although I am a nodiggardener I fully endorse that providing plenty of bulky organic matter is used you get fantastic results digging veg gardens when it also profits from your skill AnthonyRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.com