'Vegetables with no digging, less weeds and lots of harvests' ..... 'It all starts with the soil'.

On Wednesday, 16th November we are pleased to welcome Charles Dowding to our meeting - which is open to both members and visitors.

For three decades, Charles has grown organic vegetables for sale, without soil cultivation. He finds that undisturbed soil grows bountiful crops with few weeds and is running an experiment, now in its fifth year, to compare differences in growth between vegetables on dug and undug soil. Yields are similar but different patterns of growth are becoming evident.

Charles crops just under an acre, mostly for salad leaves, sold in local shops and restaurants. He has written three books on vegetable growing, contributes articles to many magazines including The Garden, Gardens Illustrated, National Geographic and a weekly piece in Amateur Gardening, gives many talks and runs day courses at the farm and other venues, see www.charlesdowding.co.uk