Early spring tour of Charles Dowding’s no dig vegetable garden

7th March at Homeacres, Somerset, UK. Increasing leaf harvests outside and plenty under cover, we look at some of the compost heaps, spring cabbage, radish rotting (!), my two trial beds, and an abundance of seedlings in the greenhouse. For a deep description of my approach at this time of year, see my latest website blog, post of early March 00:00 Introduction 00:21 Leaves just harvested from outside - mustards, spinach, salad rocket 00:47 Comparing growth of same plants growing outside and inside the polytunnel 02:12 Demonstration / explanation of picking leaves 02:33 I pull a radish, the first harvest of spring sowing 03:36 Comparing composts on two no dig beds, cow manure and homemade 05:18 Pigeon damage on 8 month old broccoli 05:53 A look at overwintered spinach, decaying outer leaves 06:59 Showing the compost heaps, and I ex