5 Steps to a Beautiful and Productive No Dig Garden - Free Range Homestead Ep 37

Join us at the #homestead this week as we show you how to build an incredible #nodig #garden in any location, with minimal work and inputs for amazing results in less than 4 months! We will show you an existing thriving garden that was built this way and take you through a complete renovation of another garden bed using this method. This episode is filled with handy tips and tricks to get you started immediately on how to build a unique style garden developed by Australian gardener, Esther Dean, in the 1970s. 00:00 A lasagna style garden you can build anywhere. Thank you Esther Dean. 02:09 Getting started 03:35 Salvaging previous crops and building around existing plants 05:41 Weed barrier, paths and layer 1 06:54 Manure variations for the second layer and adding amendments 07:50 Third and fourth layers 08:26 Fabulous funghi and why we irrigate overhead 09:55 Fifth garden layer, compost, the planting medium 10:41 Planting out the beds to winter crops 16:16 Mulching 17:54 Results 19:26 Soil quality after 4 months 19:46 Try it at home for yourself! 20:41 Thanks and see you next time To download Ester Dean's book for free you can visit this website: https://soilandhealth.org/copyrighted-book/esther-deans-gardening-book/ Support us and gain early access to videos and other exclusive rewards. Become a patron of Free Range Living today! http://www.patreon.com/freerangesailing Some of our fans prefer to make a direct contribution by Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=AEMRVLHCCTP84 OUR SOCIALS Follow us on: Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/freerangehomestead Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/freerangesailing FREE PROVISIONING GUIDE Pascale has put together a FREE 40 page Provisioning Guide. The Guide explains and provides examples of how we can travel eating a variety of healthy and delicious meals for up to 6 months at a time on our tiny boat with no resupply. There has never been a better time to start learning how to increase the food storage potential of your home. I hope this guide will inspire you to make more informed long term provisioning choices for the future! For more information visit the Provisioning Page on our website ( www.freerangesailing.com/boat-provisioning ) or to grab a copy directly by clicking on the link below. LINK HERE: Download your FREE Provisioning Guide: https://bit.ly/3adbloF Also if you want to find out more about what I am cooking up every week for us at the homestead (and previously aboard SV Mirrool) you should follow my foodie Instagram page! www.instagram.com/gourmetsailor Music Credits Our theme tune (outro and/or intro song) Aquarium by TEVO. You can listen to his music here: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/4MAfa All music sourced from Epidemic Sound (www.epidemicsound.com) On the request of one of our patrons we put together a playlist of some of our music on Spotify. Follow along and listen here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Qegq91f000leXa5LwdNtr