DIGGING THE EASY WAY

With the rise in no-dig gardening the annual winter dig has been going out of style lately, yet for many gardeners this task marks the transition from the last harvests of autumn to the long winter months ahead. It’s when most tidy and prepare for the season to come and for some is as traditional as sowing your large onions on Boxing Day and planting your potatoes in March.

Whatever your point of view – whether you are a traditional digger who believes that digging is the best way to prepare and improve the soil for another year of intensive cropping, or someone who rarely if ever digs, there may be times when some digging is the easiest practical way to solve