{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Gardens of Earthly Delight","title":"The Less You Dig, The More You Grow w/ Charles Dowding","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3447,"description":"Charles Dowding is something of a legendary gardener. He coined the term \"no dig\" and created an entire movement and method to home and market gardening - all focused on the health of the soil. Charles is the author of 16 books - his latest, \"Grow Together\" being released just yesterday, April 9, 2026.\nI visited Charles at his market garden, Home Acres, in late February and we covered a lot of ground. We get into how no dig began, what thirteen years of side-by-side dig versus no dig trials actually show in the soil data, and why he waited 20 years to write his first book. We also talk about humanure and a trial that produced surprising results, copper garden tools and the work of Viktor Schauberger, water memory, structuring devices on the hose, and a farmer in the Austrian Alps a hundred years ago who sang to his water and had the best crops in the region.\nIt was an honor to visit Charles at his homestead, even being late February (perhaps the slowest time of year for a garden) it was still filled with life and growth.\nTIMESTAMPS:\n00:00 Intro/Origins of Gardening and Market Gardening Journey\n03:06 Discovering No Dig Gardening\n06:53 The Role of Cardboard in No Dig Gardening\n09:48 Addressing Purity in Gardening Practices\n11:41 Climate Change and Its Impact on Gardening\n14:13 Education and Transition to Full-Time Gardening\n16:05 The Benefits of No Dig Gardening\n18:26 Exploring Humanure in Gardening\n22:55 Comparative Trials in Gardening Practices\n26:15 Innovative Water Management in Agriculture\n32:25 The Distinction Between Farming and Market Gardening\n34:50 Nutrient Density and Soil Health\n37:06 Starting from Scratch: Soil Remediation Techniques\n38:26 The Spiritual Connection to Gardening\n43:29 The Power of Observation in Gardening\n46:16 Water Memory and Its Impact on Gardening\n51:21 Favorite and Least Favorite Crops & Favorite Food Memory\n53:58 New Book Release: Grow Together\nRESOURCES MENTIONEDCharles Dowding:Website: charlesdowding.co.ukNew book: Grow...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9EmmdNPFGH5KAwG2qiPUaQ3rRxt4jbBisODUISWHgaU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jNDNl/MWFjOGI1NTdkZjll/ZTBjOGI5MDEzYWI0/ZjczOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}