I needed to dig up a section of damaged lawn to re-seed it - it's only about 3M x 3M, but it's become quite compacted. I spent an hour with a fork and rake and it nearly killed me - and I only got a third of it done - and only down to about 10cm depth.
THEN I spotted Screwfix were selling an electric rotavator in their Easter sale - for £39.99 !!
O.M.G...... If you've never used one of these, you're missing out! Ten minutes later and the soil is the finest & lightest I've ever seen - it's like I've emptied a dozen bags of seeding compost on there.
I'm now going to till a 'dump' section of the garden with this and turn it into a veg plot.
It's amazing - and a pity I don't have more land to attack with it.
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I'm very pleased Mr Dowding has evolved methods that involve not digging. However, the rest of the planet - not least the previously referenced global agriculture industry do dig. There is obviously a reason why they haven't converted en-masse to no-dig methods. I don't know what that reason is, nor do I care to find out. I'm really not that interested either way !
However.... getting a machine of destruction that does in seconds what would otherwise be back-breaking work, for forty quid is awesome. Standing behind it as it pulverises everything in its path and cackling like an evil villain is worth the money alone.
It's the agricultural equivalent of 'Will it blend', 'will it crush' and other destructive pastimes.
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It’s got a very powerful motor and the whole thing doesn’t weigh a ton, so it’s a bit like trying to take an angry pitbull for a walk that’s just spotted a tasty poodle!
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No dig is essentially minimal cultivation. It works in certain conditions, but not all. It's the main commercial method used in hotter drier countries as it keeps more moisture in the ground, however although it is used in more temperate climates, most UK conditions work better with deeper cultivation. I know my brother's mate tried it in a few fields (he spent two years working his way around the world on various farms so got to see various methods in action) for a few years, but in good fields he could see soil quality reducing along with yields as good deep soil benefits from deeper cultivation, whereas it did help improve the couple fields they had which were pretty much heavy clay. Both of which eventually got planted in trees, after the estate bought his parents partnership/tenancy back out, and the new farm manager couldn't do anything meaningful with the fields
It's all about making the most of the conditions you have, with no one method being the ideal way.
Which reminds me, I need to get my old Howard 300 fired up, and get the parents raspberries tidied up.
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