@Hostafan1, I didn't ask your question at college as we had quite an intensive day with lots of assessments. So I sent it to the RHS research service - I've never used it before but have often considered it, so I thought it was a good opportunity to give it a go. I was very impressed and I'll certainly use them again - a prompt, thorough reply. However, you will be disappointed to hear that the RHS hasn't done the piece of comparative, scientific research that you were hoping for. To precis their reply: the arguments for no-dig are compelling, the results of trials (by Charles Dowding etc) persuasive and it's generally the way to go. They suggested a few situations where double digging might still be desirable: new build (to assess / improve / remove what the builders have left), reclaiming an allotment (same reason - often lots of weed membrane / debris to remove), and in sandy soils where an iron pan has formed. They also gave this link: https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/no-dig-growing/homeacres/ Hope that's useful.
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My last insurance quote was for £350. I told them I am now retired so they could take business use off, and do less than 2,000 miles a year instead of up to 23,000 I used to do. They dropped it by £20. I went with another insurer for less than half the price.
@Hostafan1, I didn't ask your question at college as we had quite an intensive day with lots of assessments. So I sent it to the RHS research service - I've never used it before but have often considered it, so I thought it was a good opportunity to give it a go. I was very impressed and I'll certainly use them again - a prompt, thorough reply. However, you will be disappointed to hear that the RHS hasn't done the piece of comparative, scientific research that you were hoping for. To precis their reply: the arguments for no-dig are compelling, the results of trials (by Charles Dowding etc) persuasive and it's generally the way to go. They suggested a few situations where double digging might still be desirable: new build (to assess / improve / remove what the builders have left), reclaiming an allotment (same reason - often lots of weed membrane / debris to remove), and in sandy soils where an iron pan has formed. They also gave this link: https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/no-dig-growing/homeacres/ Hope that's useful.
Thanks for trying. It does seem odd ,doesn't it?, that for generations folk have banged on about "double digging" yet there seems to be no genuine data to back it up.
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Hazel - when you're asked the same question several times and give the same answer and they come back and ask again, I, for one, can get brusque, especially on a chat thread in the Potting Shed for questions that should be, and are advised to be, in the appropriate section of the forum.
Lily P - go see the doc anyway even if it's only to get a bigger plaster or some ointment to ease friction or even a surgical sock bandage.
Car insurance here is cheaper than it was in Belgium and I think that's cheaper than in the UK where insurers se - and other service providers - think clients will stay faithful and pay thru the nose for the ease of renewing. It pays to shop around and play them off against each other. Whatever happened to the old business marketing/sales adage - cheaper to keep existing customers by treating them well than find new ones with all the research, publicity, inducements, sales support to land them?
I have been out this pm helping a patchwork friend choose her fabrics for the next machine patch project. Needless to say I indulged too...........
We've had some more rain, unscheduled and very welcome. Now the sun is low and skies are clear and there's a soft golden glow to everything. Gorgeous.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Same here, in the past, we moved out of our house so it was completely empty and it sold within a week. People like to see rooms empty so can visualise their own stuff in it.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Sitting on the fence, might I suggest that some folk,NOT ALL, like to see rooms furnished as it confirms that , for example, "you can get a double bed and a wardrobe and chest of drawers in here", kinda thing.
Those with spatial awareness and/or vision will be able to tell where and how their own funriture will fit. When we sold our Belgian house I changed the rooms about a bit to show that the 3 larger double rooms could hold a double bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers etc but also dressed one with twin beds to show there was still plenty of space for movement and furniture for people with kids. The living room was decluttered and the kitchen/diner was cleaned and tidied but I did leave machines on show to indicate there was no shortage of leccy sockets.
The garden was large and very English in style - packed with large mixed borders and a lawn and a veggie plot - so the house had to be the main selling point and was. Took 10 days to sell.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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Hazel - when you're asked the same question several times and give the same answer and they come back and ask again, I, for one, can get brusque, especially on a chat thread in the Potting Shed for questions that should be, and are advised to be, in the appropriate section of the forum.
Lily P - go see the doc anyway even if it's only to get a bigger plaster or some ointment to ease friction or even a surgical sock bandage.
Car insurance here is cheaper than it was in Belgium and I think that's cheaper than in the UK where insurers se - and other service providers - think clients will stay faithful and pay thru the nose for the ease of renewing. It pays to shop around and play them off against each other. Whatever happened to the old business marketing/sales adage - cheaper to keep existing customers by treating them well than find new ones with all the research, publicity, inducements, sales support to land them?
I have been out this pm helping a patchwork friend choose her fabrics for the next machine patch project. Needless to say I indulged too...........
We've had some more rain, unscheduled and very welcome. Now the sun is low and skies are clear and there's a soft golden glow to everything. Gorgeous.
The garden was large and very English in style - packed with large mixed borders and a lawn and a veggie plot - so the house had to be the main selling point and was. Took 10 days to sell.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.