Something Admired
Something Admired
Sophie Haber
The Future of Sustainable Gardening with Charles Dowding
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Apr 22, 2022 at 12:00 am.
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Welcome back to another episode of something admired, today I am speaking with Charles Dowding who is an organic gardener of 40 years and is a pioneer in the No-Dig way of gardening. We dive into how our relationship with the land shifts from season to season, the magnificent ecosystem of soil, the basics of no-till gardening, and how we are already living the future of sustainable farming. 

In This Episode We Explore: 

  • Charles's upbringing and how that shaped his passions today 
  • No-dig way of tending to the land 
  • Our relationship to the seasons and how that shapes your garden 
  • The soil food web and how the health of your soil is everything
  • Our bodies' relationship to soil and the foods we eat 
  • How we are already living the future of sustainable gardening 
  • Erosion control and practices to tend to during climate crisis

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