I spoke to the modern day no-dig pioneer and expert Charles Dowding to understand more about common no-dig gardening mistakes to avoid. Here's what he had to say.

While no-dig gardening is still work, it's less work than a traditional gardening. Here's what you should know about the trend.

How to grow vegetables using the no-dig method DIGGING an allotment or vegetable patch is a traditional task for the winter months, to clear away dead plants and open up compacted soil so that air ...

Mr. Dowding, the no-dig guru, harvests 25,000 British pounds’ worth of organic produce annually from the growing beds at his property, Homeacres, in Somerset, England — all without tilling.

A "no dig" garden is created by layering organic materials to create loamy soil that is ready for planting. Learn how to start one in a raised bed or yard.

The no-dig consistently produces equivalent or better results and the labour input is radically reduced. Even so, many gardeners find it difficult to believe that you can grow crops without digging.

Many people think about growing carrots in their garden. Some people think about beets, but even fewer people think about parsnips. All three of these crops are easy to grow and similar to plant.

At our last garden, we grew vegetables the old-fashioned way. Double digging, manure in trenches, that sort of thing. By the time we moved house and took on a couple of allotment plots, no-dig ...

How do his veggies grow? The no-dig way Pat Marfisi carries alfalfa hay into his Hollywood Hills backyard, but there aren t any animals to feed. It s for his no dig vegetable garden.