OK since you asked. I am a great believer in no dig gardening and have been doing no dig for more than 20 years. I fully understand its benefits and its shortcomings. I am presenting one way to prepare the soil out of many on my channel. The double dig method is ideally suited for heavy clay soils and generally only needing to be done once. You can not do no-dig gardening very well in a cool climate with heavy clay present. Also the back to eden approach (growing in compost) does not work in the real world were food security needs to be based on how many inputs, outputs can be utilized onsite. Preparing a heavy clay is important to loosen it up. once that is achieved fungal compost teas need to be applied and mulching to regenerate the harm done to the soil.

Honestly, the double dig and compost has been the best soil I ever used - top production. I don't do it often any more but the results are no longer what they were. If I was starting a new garden and needed to plant immediately - I would definitely do the double dig again.

@@workwithnature maybe it is an idea to also explain this in the video next time? I am a gardener newbie. So I don't even have any idea why you would be doing this. In what sitution? For the rest: good video! Very clear on the how to, which is exactly what the title promised. But I would have appreciated it if a "why to" / "when to" to be added. Thank you for the video and have a nice day!

@@lisje2496 Check out my three videos on no dig gardening and you will learn a lot from them. Like when and why it is a good idea.

Because digging is fun. Plus, it's effective. It doesn't harm the poor little worms either, as they are quite resilient. Plus, I don't have any trees in my yard, so no leaves for mulch. I don't get a newspaper, so no help there. I do mix kitchen scraps, and cut grass, so I add that to my beds, and leave it for a year . During the next season, I just have to lift the soil with my fork. Really, I only have to dig once.

why? Dont dig at all. You dont have to and is better for the soil , the plants and no weeds when you DONT DIG

You obviously have never turned a clay and loam pasture into a vegetable garden. Everyone has different soil. This method worked well for me.

You plant once the bed is ready and you have something to plant. Ideally you should wait but if you already have the plants it's better to plant right away, unless the weather is horrible.

In a small way it composts down adding organic material back into the soil. It's not much, but in heavy clay and poor soils, every bit counts.

No digging is very good and I have been doing so for more years than I care to count. So am with you on that. But this is only a once of digg. Very many places on earth have two things any nodigger needs to take in to consideration. One is clay soils. These need to be lightly forked over for as long as 4-8 years before the nodigg effect takes place in them. I mean that you do not turn the soil with the fork, but wiggle the fork about a bit. Two, that big stones need to be taken out. You can make a sheet mulch type of bed, but if you have just a few big stones in a given garden bed, it can reduce your growing space quite a bit. You will find some vegetables in places being very small, where others could grow to big sizes.

Work With Nature Oh and forgot that the deeper the bed, the more your plant roots will spread out. Bigger roots always mean bigger plants.

@@georgecarlin2656 bra why do you get offended.....no need to buy if you put the effort in

@@georgecarlin2656 oh ok ..als gut junge...