Beginners No Dig - 10 Years No Dig at Homeacres

Showing the changes that have happened since I arrived here autumn 2012, without a masterplan. It was "space out of doors" with almost no garden, a small house which appealed to nobody, and good soil. I thought to make a teaching garden, developed another market garden, and created a base for educating through social media. Every year the expanding garden, the trials, and the new structures have created a more beautiful place, with great opportunities to learn, inspire and share. Plus you see parts of Homeacres that we don't often show, and some of my no dig market gardening in the 1980s. Filmed and edited October 2022 by Edward Dowding my son, winner of Paul Mellon Foundation award 2022 https://edowdingfilms.onfabrik.com 00:00 Introduction 01:38 How I found Homeacres 02:39 How the conservatory happened and was built 03:19 No dig HQ 03:55 My background, from a farming family, becoming a gardener 04.42 Sharing the knowledge 05:14 The first two beds serve as template for the garden - no masterplan! 06:10 Homeacres market garden 1960s, perimeter trees 06:59 Letting in the wind 07:30 Making compost, my learning and sharing 08:13 Confusion of information about how to make, buy and use compost 09:40 How the main compost making structure evolved, started with two pallets 11:32 Creating smaller structures for making compost 12:25 The cabin, why it's here and the inside 13:58 Running out of space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW2aVZkjJa0 14:48 A new opportunity 15:54 What to do with the new land? 16:14 Mulching bindweed and a New Area playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bej8vpTm1c4&list=PL7WDfop74y-k1a3lMA0ooD5m8bhiKu5sR 16:47 New shed, pond and bees 18:00 What next? Spreading no dig knowledge and the links to human health #nodigday is 3rd November every year, do join in on social media. Music by Jacqui Vincent on Bandcamp, from her song Homeacres. https://jacquivincent.bandcamp.com/track/homeacres Which? Gardening magazine subscription, have a look: https://signup.which.co.uk/wlp-gardening You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg/join