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Book SynopsisDon't like endless digging and weeding? Don't let that stop you from getting into gardening! The simple and achievable gardening projects in this book are perfect for parents and young children to do together. All are based on Charles Dowding's trademark no-dig technique, which perfectly lends itself to gardening with little ones who can't manage heavy digging and who will quickly grow bored of endless weeding.
Projects are broken down into easy, step-by-step processes, designed to be carried out by children. Attractive, full-bleed photography is supplemented with fun illustration and fully illustrated factual spreads. Running throughout the gardening projects are extra little facts about plants and wildlife, as well as things to look out for when you are outdoors.
Trade ReviewHaving converted the adult world to give up digging, no-dig guru Charles Dowding sets his sights on young gardeners with The No-Dig Children's Gardening Book. This perfect stocking filler explains in simple terms Charles' hands-off approach to the soil, where digging and feeding are replaced by
Mulch is a layer of material, at least 5cm (2in) thick, applied to the soil surface in late autumn to late winter (Nov-Feb). It is used to provide frost protection, improve plant growth by adding nutrients or increasing organic matter content, reducing water loss from the soil, for decorative purposes and suppressing weeds. Examples include well-rotted garden compost and manure, chipped bark, gravel, grit and slate chippings.
mulching and weeding. After 40 years of spreading the word in books and calendars, and more recently through YouTube and social media, the method is now mainstream, with no-dig being the primary approach at RHS Garden Wisley.
This kids' guide follows Charles' biggest and best-ever no-dig book for adults, 2022's glamorous mustard-bound bible, No Dig. It's finally time to trade in the spade.
-- Helen Griffin, RHS Books Publishing Manager * Royal Horticultural Society *
Table of ContentsThe basics of setting up a flower or vegetable bed (and Charles is an advocate of starting with a small area) • Sowing seeds indoors and straight into the soil • Spotting what's a weed and what's not • Planting vegetables and fruit • Easy annual flowers • Growing wildlife-friendly plants • Ways to attract insects, birds and other wildlife to your garden • Making your own compost • making biodegradable plant pots • Seasonal planting, including projects like growing a giant sunflower (and seeing whose grows tallest) and growing and carving your own Halloween pumpkin • Vegetables need company! Planting close together • What grows when? Simple visual chart of Spring, summer, autumn and winter growing • What is healthy soil? (Illustrated non-fiction spread, inc. fun illustrations of worms, etc)
