Charles Dowding > Quotes

“Gardening is easier and quicker when spacings are correct for different plants.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“No dig saves time and keeps it simple, so that you can continue cropping all year without using synthetic feeds or poisons.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“Feed the soil, not your plants.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“Try things out, be happy to make mistakes, but above all have a go.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“I want you to understand what you are doing, not just perform tasks because I say so.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“Gardening is easier than it is often made out to be.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“The more you harvest, the quicker and easier it becomes”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“We are surrounded by forces that technology cannot yet measure.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“Keep an open mind and try some new methods.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“Your soil and plants are friends that benefit from constant care and attention to the details I explain.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“Once your soil is fertile and weed-free, everything else becomes easier.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

“It’s incredible to reflect on how much knowledge and growth power is contained in seeds.”
― Charles Dowding

“The most generous beds are the ones where every harvest makes room for the next.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

“Let crops overlap and you gain time, not just space.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

“What tastes good together in the kitchen often belongs together in the bed.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

“Close spacing is not crowding when light, moisture, and timing are working for you.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

“Small seedlings are often stronger when they grow with company rather than isolation.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

“The garden works better when you look for plant cooperation instead of plant competition.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

“Sow at the right time and the season will often meet you halfway.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

“No dig protects the hidden biological networks that strong harvests depend on.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

“More leaf over the soil means more fertility returning to the ground.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

“Good soil is structure, carbon, air, moisture, and life held together.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

“Beauty matters in a productive garden because a beautiful garden pulls people in.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

“Raise transplants under cover, then plant them into opportunity before the gap disappears.
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― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

“In a small garden, timing can be every bit as valuable as extra ground.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests