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Cover Weeds, Feed Soil and Grow Vegetables First Year

When there are many vigorous perennial weeds, a quick way to start growing is by using black plastic in the first year only. Details are in the video and these are the basics: 1 Cut weeds, to have an even surface - do this by early spring ideally. No digging except if there are woody plants like brambles. 2 Spread compost without cardboard underneath 3 Cover with black plastic for five to seven months. 4 In the correct season (late May here for squash), cut holes in the plastic with a trowel and pop in the rootballs of your plants. 5 If it's old plastic with some holes, that's fine and often you can use holes already there for the new plants. Use plastic that is fully light-excluding. In the UK, we have something called landscape fabric. It looks suitable, but allows 30% of light to pass through. Don’t use it for this! To verify the suitability of plastic for smothering weeds, hold it up to light - you should not see any! 00:00 Introduction 00:27 One method, using cardboard then compost 00:45 A quicker method, using plastic 01:19 I show an example and explain the method 02:04 Type of compost used 02:50 Multi-use of plastic 03:12 Compost then plastic, no cardboard - excluding light 03:52 Another reason to use plastic (warmth) and a disadvantage (slugs) - how to manage 04:52 Results from using this method 05:20 Maintenance of the growing area, weeding and watering 06:08 Using both methods 06:57 Six and a half months later - harvest results 07:26 What to do after the harvest, sowing white mustard as cover crop 07:57 Moving compost to create beds and paths, and adding more to feed soil 08:43 More on using white mustard, Sinapis alba as a cover crop 09:15 Outro Filmed June 2024 by Edward Dowding, edited by him February 2025. Music by: @rorydinwoodiemusic IG: rorydinwoodiemusic Subtitle translations to Spanish, Polish, French, Portuguese, and German by Luke, and his team of real people. Thanks for your support: → Shop: https://shop.charlesdowding.co.uk → Online Courses: https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/educ... → Join my channel: @charlesdowding1nodig → T-Shirts & Hoodies: https://charlesdowding.teemill.com LEARN: →Tips in my newsletter: https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/#new... →Start no dig: https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/reso... → Blog: https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/blog → Instagram:   / charles_dowding   → Substack: https://substack.com/@charlesdowding → TikTok:   / charles_dowding   → Pinterest:   / charlesdowding   You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members:    / @charlesdowding1nodig   #weeding #nodig #nodiggarden #growyourownfood #nodiggardening