Hardy plants for hardy souls
Yesterday I tried to re-edge this end of the bed with my new edger. The original edge was hard to pick out, and I didn’t seem to accomplish much without getting a fork under the weeds to pry them out and make the cut edge visible. Suddenly I thought, “Wait, this is supposed to be a no-dig bed!”
Now, the digging and dividing of perennials, the general autumn cleanup and the planting of spring bulbs are all an act of faith. One carries on before the altar of delayed gratification, until the ground freezes and you can’t do any more other than refill the bird feeder and gaze through the window, waiting for the snow. . . . Meanwhile, it helps to think of yourself as a pear tree or a tulip. You will blossom spectacularly in the spring, but only after the required period of chilling.
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I think perhaps a few of the key parts of a no dig bed were missed here
No dig beds are usually used for annual vegetables and flowers, this means the layers get quite well mixed during the growing season, and then occasionally you add an extra layer of newspaper, green hay (i.e. alfalfa) straw, compost.
Another part of a no dig bed is having a definitive edge – usually bricks or a boxing.
Yates (new zealand seed company) do a good guide on a no-dig garden, its the guide i’m using for my raised veggie patch