Hi Cider Boys,
I used a no dig method for many, many years before I made raised beds (which by nature are generally no dig). I have never found a problem with it though yes, you do need to be a religous compost maker/user.
The results are worth it though.
Hopalong

I have just lifted my elephant garlic, it really is elephant too, but I found clustered around the bottom of each cove was a lot of little bulbs. Obviously they are garlic, I took them off and now have them in a storage jar but what do I do with them? If I plant them out will they develop into plant...

Hi Compo, I have 8 raised beds (4x4x 9inches deep) and they were all filled with mushroom compost to within a couple of inches of the top and then topped off with my own garnden compost. I have sown and planted direct and hsd no problems, I,m in my third year of raised beds and each year seems to ge...

paper pot makers??? I use an empty wine bottle. Simple, open up an old news paper, and on the centre page, place the bottle at the end nearest to you and roll up the first sheet of newspaper. Apply glue stick or similar to the final strip of newspaper and complete the roll-up. Gently tip the cylinde...