How to make a No Dig Garden - Morag Gamble
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- Опубликовано: 1 янв 2017
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I don't understand what you're saying, but you caught my attention with your beauty 💌🥀❤️👍
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Straw mulch is very expensive here but we can get aged woodchip mulch for free. Can we use this as our top mulch layer in place of straw or hay? (I thought hay had seeds in it?).
I live in central Canada, where our snow has just now melted. At the funeral of a well loved local gardener a year or two ago, she was still imparting gardening know how. Everyone was amazed, but not surprised, of hearing and seeing Annie's barefoot gardening. It turns out that after years of perfecting this practise, Annie did so with complete intent, for it was through her feet that Annie cold tell when the soil temperature was just right to put out her seedlings! Never underestimate anyone's intentions after years of gardening practise! 🥕
I cancelled Netflix and now I am watching your videos. So much to learn and so many novel ideas. Thank you for sharing.
FAA , yeah I threw my tv in the bin and canceled netflix
I quit my job to watch her videos. Heck yeah
@@noelroga4593I gave my first born to watch her videos.
I watch this video once again, ever so often. Share with everyone I know that gardens. Thank you thank you. So inspirational!!!
Hello Greetings from Austin Texas, how are you doing?
I would like to be friend with you I like meeting new people around the world 😊😊
Skirt, no shoes, no gloves, gotta love this lady!
My kind of gardening lady ❣️
I'm a big fan of this method too. I've often put newspaper at the soil level AND on the top just under the mulch, what I've found is that worms LOVE newspaper and will encourage them to wriggle up ( even compacted soils) aerating all the way, Ive seen this at some really harsh sites that had zero worm activity in the soil., the first newspaper layer I put is only a few wet sheets, the top layer of paper is really thick and wet. I love your teaching style too, super easy to follow. Thank you.
Newspapers have so many great uses! It's sad that reading them isn't one of them
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But, Hey! There is now a shortage of loo paper......... (Cov19 Lockdown)
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Journalism may be dead but gardening isn’t !
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Hello Morag, nice results and your soil looks fantastic. I am unsure of the benefits of forking, though perhaps it's different in Australia! I never fork before starting no dig, even on clay soil. Just organic matter on top, like you do.
For the last three year's I ran a trial comparing yields of the same veg from forked and no dig beds, on strips of 6.5 x 19.5 feet in total. This year the forked strip gave 264.7lb of veg, and the no dig (same area) strip gave 308.7lb of the same veg. The difference surprised me: a higher yield for less effort. Possibly the forking breaks mycorrhizal threads.
Over three years the forked strip has given 612.6lb and the no dig 709.3lb.
Wow - thanks for sharing those details. In my garden, the forking helps to collect more rainfall on my sloping garden. I try not to water very much - relying on soil moisture, mulching, rainfall and hardy seasonal plants. Without the forking, I find the water tends to run off more. I've been wondering how my gentle forking impacts the mycorrhizal threads. I'll set up some comparative trials like this too with my next garden and share that.
That is interesting, and I look forward to hearing more :)
A tilled soil study I saw showed a 50% decline in mycorrhizal fungi in the first 30 days on a fallow farm field. And half again every subsequent month fallow. I doubt the way you forked has anything like the same effect, especially since you planted it out to host the fungi afterwards and included the Comfrey.
Comfrey is high in potassium, which may increase fungi colonisation so long as phosphorus isn't too high.
Where I live about a foot down is a heavy prismatic clay that's almost like rock.
For the heavy clay and compacted subsoil layers here in Victoria there are rip and subsoil manuring farm trials showing to be much faster than no dig, till, or cover crops, but only if the material added to the subsoil has a C:N of less than 25:1. However moisture is needed in the subsoil to help the microbes do their work and during summer drought that isn't always available.
Craig thanks for the info. Such different conditions between you and here.
Whatever causes the yield drop between forked soil and no dig, it's a fascinating comparison.
Incidentally I do not grow or add comfrey in this trial, wonder if I misspelt compost somewhere!
When i got my garden for 35 years ago I did dig it because of all the weeds and didn't know better i had then 4/5inches of light brown soil and then it was yellow sand
After 33years of no dig just adding compost and mulch to the top I have deep black soil up to 6ft as I found out when I sadley had to berry my dog
But its alot of compost and as i am a aberist I have alot of wood chippings that I compost first the soil and fertility just gets better year to year I had parsnips this year that I could not get out because they were to long and deep around 24inches long I don't know what sort they are as I got the original seed from my uncle in
Deven over 30 years ago and have been saveing seeds and I always get good germination
I have found its better to live with nature she knows what is best and it works
finaly someone who discribes everything detailed enough to do it on your own. short,informative, no bs. thx.
And no f888888 Music that is good .
I feel so happy and lucky to find your video ,,,
U are a miracle ,u video is so so helpful ,I love to garden love love, and I was trying to make a flower bed to my first home .... it was so so hard to find a video details and explain the most important thing ,
I used cardboard....for weed barrier but it was the wrong method, it was place in bottoms ,
Than soil and fertilizer enough, than put my plants down and mulch
I did wrong was most important step I , didn’t makes the hole and
I learn now , to put cardboard (can u please tell me ) if I can substitute it with the cardboard , )?
Now I knew kinda what I did wrong , from this video
Thanks so much!!!
And I had to redo the 2nd time pain in butt....
I had to work hard way ....
I buy some landscape papers now ,,,, I didn’t feel it was good the first attempt, I try this method .... re do everything I mean everything .... long hard process ...
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it cuz some my plants were turns yellow and looking bad ,
it kinda hard to me to explain details , but wasn’t working for me ....
helpful video for me to learn and grow lol
(Everything u put in this clip explain everything question I had for my bad experience for my flower bed ....
I’m jus an “apprentice” 66 year old veg gardener in Norfolk UK. Trying to learn fast from others. I tried some of Charles Downing’s methods last year for the first time in my garden. Now I’m just starting an allotment. You’ve given me lots to think about. I’ll be adapting and learning. Thank you!
In my eyes, she is a true child of Mother Nature. Just loved to watch her work on her land.
Fantastic! Love your simple but well-described technique. We will try this.
So glad I found your channel I love it - Will be watching and catching up on your old videos as well.
Thank you so much for this post, I really needed to know this technique. I am grateful for your wisdom!!!
This is excellent! I have been gardening my entire life and really liked your thoughts and seeing your garden is proof for your concepts. Thanks for sharing
This is wonderful!!! So simple and full of information. Thank you.
I truly love the way you garden. Bare feet and bare hands you are a great gardener.
I love your channel so much. You explain everything so well in such a calm and competent way. Perfect. I've watched this video over and over. :)
This was a joy to watch and learn from. I loved all the sounds of nature in the background. Thank you!
Priceless information Morag,If you take care for and cherish Mother Nature she will return tenfold.
Hello Morag...Thank you so much for all your help and knowledge! You really made me think differently on how I will be doing my garden this year. Love your techniques! Many blessings.
Thank you for sharing all you wonderful knowledge with us newbies in growing food.
I always get this happy sense of calm when I find someone like you sharing knowledge on the internet, like the soil is extra rich in this area. There's such clarity and ease in your delivery/being making it so pleasing and joyful to learn from you!
Beautiful video ...I liked the way she is dressed for her garden . It means she loves and respects her work .. she can dress beautiful for it .. thumbs up ..where I live . We call this people . down to earth individuals... She is One down to earth beautiful lady
First video of yours I’ve seen and it was wonderful. Answered all my questions, super detailed. Thank you!!
Absolutely love your easy no-nonsense no-fluff approach. Useful, insightful, informative and straight to the point. Thanks so much!
Very useful video. Love hearing the birds in the background. Quite different from here in north Wales.
I could watch your videos every day, I learn and enjoy doing so...
This is so amazing! I really want to move somewhere and get off the grid. This is the kind of lifestyle I really long to have. Thank you for making such an informative, calming, and enjoyable step by step video!
Amazing job. I love the way you did this video. Very informative and all that knowledge was very useful.
Thank you Morag your garden is beautiful and so are you Sandy
Hello Greetings from Austin Texas, how are you doing?
I would like to be friend with you I like meeting new people around the world 😊😊😊
So glad I just found this channel. What great information and I can’t wait to try out your methods. Also I love when people don’t mind getting their hands dirty!
Just a wonderful and spectacular demonstration. Thank you :)
Thank you for loving what you do, for us who like the simple life you are a beautiful inspiration, I was inspired by you to go and follow my dream of living in the country, great info and great video.
Very holistic, beautiful approach :)
Thank you for this lovely video.
Interesting point on stopping the weeds growing out of the *compost* and not just the ground, I hadn't thought of that. Thank you!
I just found you and SOOO glad I did!
I LOVE your way of gardening and they're so informative and inspirational!
Thank you!!
Thank you for this,I've followed your method on my first two beds and they're looking good.Four more to go!All best wishes from the U.K.
Hello! Thank you for this great lengthy tutorial! It took a lot of work to make this! I just found your channel and I have subscribed. Michael from New York.
This is such a marvelous idea! Your explanation is quite simple and thorough.I can't wait to use this idea on my garden. Thanks Morag!
Straight up, my bf's cousin showed me this video and it changed my life. I have 1800' of compacted clay that has pretty much defied me for 8 years. Last year I nailed the weeds but I needed help with digging beds.
Morag has made my garden possible...cabbages, collards, 2x winter squash, zucchini, cukes, potatoes, carrots, onions, watermelons, bush beans, Lima beans, Somali pole beans, tons of herbs & flowers all over the place (plus a dedicated perennial pollinator bed), sweet potatoes, okra, and too many tomatoes to count.
In March, I was feeling that same hopelessness...by April, I wanted another 900' Thank you so much, Morag. This is the real deal and if you saw my soil you'd agree!
Hi, can you tell me about maintenance once the newspaper/compost/mulch layer is down? Do we water it daily and keep it moist or just leave it be? I gave it an initial wash, but not sure if I should do a daily wash.
Morag. Beautiful! Everything is just Beautiful.
I have been homesteading and no dig gardening for 4 years and I just learned something new.
Newspaper on the top. Thanks and cheers from Canada.
Your content is underrated, Morag! Very practical info. Tried and true. One of the best ways to learn is by watching and you gave the viewer lots of visuals! Thank you for sharing this video! Very inspiring
Your way seems to make so much sense Morag. I think that is the way for me to go. Ive been struggling with a back problem and so have been searching for ways to keep gardening without too much back strain. I love Charles Dowding too so its great to see you both communicating.
Amazing,truly an intelligent gardener i can learn from and mother nature gifted us with her beauty also:)
Thanks so much. Your engaging manner and smooth voice make a great watch along with being informative. The method was clearly explained which is rare.
Thank you Sharon - I appreciate your feedback. Happy gardening.
@@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife Thank you so much. The only step I skip is the forking. I guess I love my worms. I also do this in fall so that the soil worms can-do all the work. Talking about lazy huh?
Greetings from Bulgaria.
A new subscriber and really enjoyed this especially for the Aussie folk . Earthing and grounding our bodies keeps us healthy . So loved this and we know our gardens and some hazards so all good 👍🌸😊😻
Love your videos and learn so much! And love to see someone else who gardens bare foot! Thanks!
Hello 👋 Ann
Wonderful instructional video. Love your tips, insights, suggestions & comments. I've been using corrugated cardboard on my walkways between my rows of veggies. It has seemed to hold up better and not break apart so soon in comparison to newspapers.
I've been using the card/newspaper at the bottom method and next time I start a border I'm going to give this method a go. Great video, thank you.
Lovely! I like everything you showed in this video. I am a novice and I have learnt a lot from watching your video. Thank you very much.
Detailed, informative, and pleasant to watch. There should be a 'Luv it!' button. Thanks for this.
Great tutorial morag. I have just used your method to make a no dig garden bed reclaiming a section of my sheep paddock in Bright, north east Victoria and am looking forward to seeing the results. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and making it ok for me to garden barefoot in a dress!
She's a hardy women no fear of anything and determined… I like her 😍
Lovely, and well explained, easy to understand logic. Your soil is to be envied and emulated. TY for you time and effort, and for sharing your love of the Earth. Namaste
What a lovely lady you are! This is definitely a simple method I can use. I'm subscribing!
you are amazing ,I can tell you enjoy gardening, I JUST MOVE TO A NEW HOUSE, SO i will start my new garden, I will try permaculture. thank you for Sharing your information .
Morag, First I want to say I love how you are doing all your this gardening with bare feet and bare hands! So glad to see you are sharing your expertise with the world via these videos. Thank you! I did your permaculture course about 10 years ago and FINALLY have my own place now to get things going (now in Oregon USA!), and it's awesome to be able to brush up on what I learned all those years ago by watching your videos, though I'm yet to learn all the ways gardening is different in the Pacific Northwest. Best wishes to you!!
Lovely to hear from you and thanks for the feedback. Best wishes with your new place in Oregon. Morag
Very well done. The gardening video was interesting to watch. The advice was very good and made sense. Thank you so much!
Yeow! Thank You! You have inspired to do a no-dig garden...getting the materials together these days. Yay! Yum! 💜😋
Perfect skill to learn during quarantine in the US. Thank you!
Psst..almost the whole world is in quarantine
my chickens love eating my comfrey plants. I researched it and it's a perfect food for them, filled with nutrients. I need to plant more so I can use it as you do!
Thank you. This tutorial gives me hope that I can do this because u made it simple to follow along.
I am definitely going to incorporate this method of gardening it's brilliant. Thank you I"m so happy I just found your channel, time to binge watch. :)
You are truly the Barefoot Contessa of Gardening!
Thanks so much for your comprehensive explanation.
how insulting is THAT?
I knew it!! :) I've always believed digging must do more damage than good to the soil, I've never had my own garden nor could I convince people to give it a go, having my own garden soon to start experimenting! When you mentioned decades of experience I knew you savee me a few decades, thank you so much for this incredible invaluable headstart!
This was terrific; I hope to get started - thanks for your insights. Always been intimidated, thinking could not do so. Thanks again.
Clearly explained, made simple and natural. Gracias por tu video Morag.
Man if this method works for me, I'll be a happy man. I have near to 0 % experience and judging by the comments below and by other videos I watched, It might be different in my case / country- mountain region in Bulgaria, but I'll certainly try this out. Thank you Morag. Great to see so many warm hearted people doing purmaculture. Thanks again.
Thankyou so much for sharing all your experience, I can't wait to watch more of your videos. I am delighted to have found someone with such dulcet tones and calm demeanour making videos. We have brought land in central Portugal and it is very dry and sandy. I have taken a permaculture design course and am keen to create some no dig beds now I have lots of space. Last year I had a big problem with moles and voles so am going to try to create raised beds with some mesh as a barrier? I am plotting out my plan now but felt so inspired by you and your amazing garden as you remind me of myself in many ways...I have a passion for comfrey too...and also nettles..the locals think me very strange to be so pleased with my damp corners where nettles will grow!... I would love to garden barefoot but have a savage population of little black ants! I was meeting resistance from my husband about the idea of using newspaper but so well covered I am sure he will not even notice! I wondered if you have experimented with other mulch layers..I have a lot of bracken here but not sure if that is good for us? So I'm moving forward with new energy and inspiration...thanks again!
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So glad I found this site. I currently have a small forest garden on my allotment as well as areas of annuals and chickens. I bought a house in June with a small back garden that I want to make into an even smaller forest garden with raised beds for salads. Too many slugs to grow directly. Been no dig for two years but still looking for ideas and perennial varieties of veggies.
Lovely Morag! That makes really good sense, to give the organisms a great nourishing feed before the newspaper goes down!
Yes, this little twist, makes all the difference.
That was a great explanation. You and Charles Dowding rule!
And Geoff Lawton..thank God for His very Graceful and Gifted Human Beings ! Sons and Daughters All !
Its nearly spring on Vancouver Island - I'm gonna do this with my whole garden this year! Looks like it will get awesome results. Thanks Morag!
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So peaceful to watch. Thank you.
Did my first garden bed yesterday. It's ready for planting. Thanks again!
Well done Christy. Send us some photos of how it evolves!
You have an amazing wise countenance. Great teaching spirit. Thanks for sharing with the world. With those like me who do not know anyone who can teach us this invaluable information.
Yes same like me... waste money and time and such hard work , and I keep try all this method and can’t get good advice from anyone not even Home Depot they just trying to sell stuff some know a little bit only....
I honest love her teaching this video !!
I will try it the third time , maybe be a charm third time .... on my other side of the flower bed !!!
Thanks so much
i really enjoyed this
so helpfu
thanks my dear
This was absolutely enlightening. You are a garden goddess. I love this type of garden and hope to try it for myself
Best wishes with your garden
Wow!! What a detailed instruction. I totally love it!! thanks a lot.
Hi Morag, Your video came up on my thread as things do when you are interested in something. I have written about my no dig, no weed gardens for thirty plus years (Lasagna Gardening) and during the first couple of years I dug, forked or raked my area before putting down paper or cardboard but in the end it was better for me to just lay down the paper or cardboard on top of weeds or whatever was growing in the space where I wanted a new garden. Less work, higher yield was what I was looking for. You have several good points but at 84 I don't want anything that moves the soil except earth worms. Thanks for a good video.
Enough of moving the earth .....?
Mam you are 84 and still gardening? THats so cool! I wanna be a gardening grandma too!
I have your Book Lasagna Gardening. I had a raised bed 10x10 . 2002 , just looked at my book and notes I found in it. It was great for two years until one corner got an large ant hill. Now that area is my trumpet vines home. I started a new garden area 3 years ago. I need to control the weeds, I'll do this with news papers next month. Your book was great information. thanks
Your comment is so heart touching yes I agree with you, can we be friends if you don’t mind?
Wow❣️You have truly inspired me, I am so glad I found the perfect gardener to teach me well 👍The Lord Bless you and keep you, The Lord make His face shine 🌟upon you and be gracious to you, The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you His Shalom💕🌱
Me too well said ,same feeling for her too
Like your info very much. Yes the forking the ground as you did is a excellent idea for breaking loose the soil from a long winter of being dormant without disturbing the good critters and organisms.
Fantastic process, as we are just starting all new gardens I can’t wait to use your method.
Just lovely.....I had to show my hubby that other women garden barefoot, too!!! LOL I just love the feel of dirt beneath my feet as I work.....keeps me cooler! I can't wait til spring to give this a try. Makes sense!!
jessica kiefer 😂So did I until I watched skin eating bugs, caught from gdn, the poor chap nearly lost his leg😱 I wish I had never seen dam thing😂
Yes, I had a worm try to eat me toes off ! So I had to go back into me house for the day
I feel inspired. Thank you.
I love looking at you videos. I makes me want to start a new garden. Love love love it . Thank you so much for posting.
Thank you!
Thank you, Morag, for loving the earth, sharing your knowledge, and being an inspiration!
Your comment is so heart touching yes I agree with you, can we be friends if you don’t mind?please
Thank you so much for this pack of knowledge, cooked so nicely in this video. I will try this and send you photos :)
Thank you - that would be great Olivera.
Hello olivera.
That's nice of you.
How are you doing over there?
New subscriber here.
I'm moving to a rural area in a few months and am really looking forward to living off grid as much as possible.
My happy place has always been when im covered in mud and wearing wellies lol.
Thank you for your uploads
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Welcome. Best wishes in your upcoming move!
@@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife Thank you. 🦋🐛
Yesterday I discovered my first of your videos and I am so grateful. I am a beginner at both composting and veg gardening and am so excited that your videos are available for such great learning. I can't wait to watch as many as I can.. so much to learn!! Thank you
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So inspirational and explained in such an easy style. Thank you Morag. Can’t wait to try your methods out on my plot.
Thanks David - happy gardening!
Fantastic video! I have 4 raised beds that I neglected and are now full of grass. I thought they were a lost cause but now I see they can be rejuvenated! Thank you for making this video!
barefoot, no gloves and in a dress. I love it.
Isn't that how you're SUPPOSED to garden?????
2x
tripple that
Celeste Hackett yes very natural... I go into my garden with the most comfortable and oldest clothes I can find. Maybe I should dress up a bit to do what I love the most...
DITTO! Barefoot! Skirt! No Gloves! YES!!!!
Thank you, Morag. Very informative & helpful. Will look for your other videos. Mary in TN, USA.
I love the fact you garden in bare feet! great instructive video too, thank you :)
Hi Morag! I love this method and your video! Happy to be a new subscriber. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge, very refreshing.
OMG, I LOVE your videos! :)
Thank you!
Thanks Frederick. I appreciate your feedback and encouragement.
Of course! Wish we were neighbors :)
Greetings. Are you concerned with newspaper ink chemicals that will make their way into your food?
My dear! You’re such a beautiful woman with such a wonderful, educational experience to share with us! We’ve fallen in love with your teaching and practices! We cannot wait to learn more from you! Blessings to you!
Your comment is so heart touching yes I agree with you, can we be friends if you don’t mind?
Excellent!!! Thanks so much. This is exactly what I want to do in my silt, clay, sand soil (old glacial river bed). I was pleasantly surprised when you mentioned the coir, that is what I am using too. Now I can finish up the bed.
This is by far the best method I've watched on RUclips. Will keep this in mind. Your garden is lovely. I have hard as rock red clay and even when putting seeds or plants mixed with decent soil, it still struggles, so I just keep most everything potted. Currently looking to buy a home soon and although it's no problem to fix difficult soil, I will have to turn away from red clay.