B&Q says do not dig your backyard – it is unhealthy on your soil and the atmosphere

The back-breaking job of digging the backyard will not be solely pointless arduous work – however it’s unhealthy for the atmosphere, in line with B&Q.

There is an alternate “no-dig” methodology to the normal horticultural recommendation, in line with Tim Clapp, head of product vary at Kingfisher, the father or mother firm of the DIY chain.

It could look like shocking recommendation for a retailer that sells backyard spades, forks and trowels to arrange flower and vegetable beds.

However, Mr Clapp was advocating the “no-dig” motion that has been pioneered by British gardener Charles Dowding.

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Gardeners may help the soil regenerate naturally by tipping a layer of compost throughout the floor a couple of times a yr and leaving the worms to do the digging, in line with the English horticulturalist and writer.

Mr Dowding explains on his web site that when soil is turned over it recovers from the disruption by recovering with weed development. By distinction, when left uncultivated, it has much less must get well and subsequently grows fewer weeds.

“[Digging] is the old way of doing things. What today we’re here to say actually, that is quite hard work,” stated Mr Clapp.

“And there is, we believe, an alternative way to doing that and for that we have to thank Charles Dowding and his methods.”

Mr Clapp stated digging damages micro organism and fungi within the soil, in addition to inflicting carbon buried within the soil to kind the greenhouse fuel carbon dioxide when uncovered to air.

“Carbon is like the glue within the soil. And the higher the carbon is, the better it is. But of course by digging it, we’re exposing that carbon to oxygen within there, and that turns into CO2,” stated Mr Clapp.

“With the no-dig system, you can actually start to put the carbon back into the soil and it’s a really nice thing that we can do.”