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Originally posted by skeggijon View PostI know this might sound odd, but I actually enjoy digging, but unfortunately my ongoing shoulder problems mean that I'm being forced into using no dig methods this year.
Suppose it comes down to personal preference in the end!"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad"
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now I have raised beds I just "tickle" the top 2-3ins with the fork and a quick rakeover and its ready to go, I spread the contents of the compost bin over them in the late autumn, and let the worms do the rest, and they are now getting to be like "arnie",bl***y big muscley thugs that get left alone... , i'm not daft enough to interfere, they would probably gang up on me...and these days they probably move faster, it would be like a Benny Hill sketch...Last edited by BUFFS; 13-03-2016, 01:54 PM.
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I've not dug since I moved in nearly 4 years ago, and the previous owner didn't dig for all the time he lived here - 10 years. He mulched with decorative bark and I mulch with spent mpc, a sprinkling of chicken manure pellets and decorative bark. The dog regularly uses the boarder as a footpath (boundary issues)
I don't keep on top of weeding so aggressive things like dandelions and borage become quite big before I grab them and pull them out without tools, like this borage;
But I am a lazy gardener naturally, and I had a bad accident a few years ago which makes doing lifting very painful. Basically, if you think 'I want to garden but I don't want to dig' then you don't have to, but you do have to compensate in other ways.Attached FilesForgive me for my pages of text.
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Originally posted by AkionTotocha View PostI've not dug since I moved in nearly 4 years ago, and the previous owner didn't dig for all the time he lived here - 10 years. He mulched with decorative bark and I mulch with spent mpc, a sprinkling of chicken manure pellets and decorative bark. The dog regularly uses the boarder as a footpath (boundary issues)
I don't keep on top of weeding so aggressive things like dandelions and borage become quite big before I grab them and pull them out without tools, like this borage;
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But I am a lazy gardener naturally, and I had a bad accident a few years ago which makes doing lifting very painful. Basically, if you think 'I want to garden but I don't want to dig' then you don't have to, but you do have to compensate in other ways.Attached Filessigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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