Join us for our first weekly No Dig Gardening Vlog. I’ll be walking around our gardens discussing our philosophies based on our years of experience with all it’s up and down, failed experiments and successes. Our conclusion is to simply let go of the perfect image of the garden and in the name of productivity […]
Conventional gardening methods involve backbreaking work including digging and weeding generally resulting in an endless cycle of poor to average yields, stressed plants and an off-putting amount of maintenance to keep the garden somewhat productive. This is mainly because soil disturbance interrupts the life cycles of the soil life and exposing it to UV light […]
Did you ever grow potatoes in your garden? Tell us about your experience in the comments below. In this video we are harvesting our No Dig potatoes all by hand without tools. The compost in the garden bed is lovely and malleable making it possible to pull up entire potato plants with ease. There is […]
Why propagate plants? Multiplying plants is a powerful skill to have as it enables you to create living capital which can save you money. You can expand your garden at will or quickly start a new garden, give plants as a present or even sell them. Most importantly you’ll get access to rare plants often […]
The other day we harvested a bed of onions & carrots and freed up another bed where our broccoli had gone to flower. Now we have space to plant something new! In this video we are showing how simple bed preparation can be when using no dig. We mulched the beds with 3cm of compost […]
One more month and the gardening season is starting up again at Birdland cottage. First jobs here – tidy nursery and build a bigger greenhouse to grow lots of new plants. Also top up wood chips and make room new plantings between perennials all over the gardens. Not to forget the early easter egg hunt […]
We built the insect hotel to create more habitat for all those bugs and critters and hopefully allow them to overwinter in our garden. Covering your garden beds with woodchip mulch also makes for great insect habitat year around. The importance of insects both to the ecosystem and to the garden can’t be understated. We […]
(Scroll down for video) The importance of repotting plants: Give plants room to expand their roots and grow Prevent them from becoming pot bound (circling and entangled roots) Fresh soil and nutrients for plant vitality A bigger pot holds more soil – more soil holds more water – less frequent watering required Mulching (for […]
This spring we’ve built an anti slug table in our nursery. The idea is to keep moving young plants out of the green house once germinated from seed. Typically they will be eaten by the local slugs quite quickly, unless put up onto the anti slug table. It provides both spacial protection by being high […]
Our first gardening workshop was fully booked out and it was a great success. We got to share how a garden can improve your quality of life, low maintenance yet highly productive gardening techniques mimicking natural systems and also we got to talk a bit about our own story. A special thanks to everybody attending […]