{"id":516,"date":"2026-05-01T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pglotus888.com\/gardening\/?p=516"},"modified":"2026-05-01T07:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:00:04","slug":"end-of-april-garden-tour-interplanting-early-harvests-no-dig-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pglotus888.com\/gardening\/?p=516","title":{"rendered":"End of April Garden Tour: Interplanting, Early Harvests &amp; No Dig Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rtpf2vmU6fQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a very busy month since the last tour. Also unusually sunny with 200+ hours in April, just 25mm rain, and temperatures of 16\u00b0C\/60\u00b0F, by day, and 4\u00b0C\/39\u00b0F by night.<\/p>\n<p>Already I&#8217;m running low on space for new plantings. The few empty beds are for squashes, sweetcorn and courgettes, which we plant in late May mostly. <\/p>\n<p>In this garden tour from Homeacres, I show how to make more of your space by interplanting between garlic, and sowing radish with carrots. There are potentially many more interplants through the summer, between different crops that finish quite soon \u2014 a simple way to grow more in the same space, especially as crops finish at different times.<\/p>\n<p>The trial beds are explained here<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/charlesdowding.co.uk\/blogs\/trials\/dig-no-dig-trial-2019-2022<\/p>\n<p>For more about the Bosnian pyramids, see the work of Semir Osmanagich https:\/\/www.semirosmanagic.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Homeacres no dig garden is in SW England, zone 8b.<br \/>\nFilmed in one take by Nicola Smith, April 28th 2026.<\/p>\n<p>You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee to support our work helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg\/join<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Introduction &#8211; building work<br \/>\n00:55 Dig\/no dig trial beds &#8211; potatoes interplanted with turnips<br \/>\n02:04 Celeriac between spinach, and kohlrabi not covered<br \/>\n02:34 Woody surface no dig bed<br \/>\n02:53 Celeriac between garlic, and radish between carrots<br \/>\n04:09 Celery with mesh cover<br \/>\n04:41 The greenhouse &#8211; tomatoes ready to plant<br \/>\n05:16 Celeriac with leeks, under cover<br \/>\n05:43 Sunflowers and marigolds<br \/>\n06:05 Lettuce, already picked, and onions under cover<br \/>\n06:46 Shallots, dill and spring-sown cabbage<br \/>\n07:17 Comparison with autumn-sown brassicas &#8211; calabrese and cauliflower<br \/>\n08:08 Peas &#8211; direct sown and module sown, weevil damage<br \/>\n09:14 Sweetcorn, radish and turnips<br \/>\n10:10 Potatoes, some frost damage, and bindweed<br \/>\n11:23 Sweet peas and compost heap<br \/>\n12:27 Polytunnel mulching &#8211; garlic interplanted with winter salads, then tomatoes and cucumbers<br \/>\n13:41 Blackberries just emerging, with spring onion and poppies for bread seed<br \/>\n14:16 Spring onion, dill and coriander<br \/>\n15:13 Herb garden &#8211; liquorice, Siberian chives, elecampane<br \/>\n16:17 Bed ready to plant with chard, after leeks, and spinach<br \/>\n17:06 Two beds of garlic, second interplanted with beetroot<br \/>\n17:55 Second polytunnel with remains of winter salad &#8211; endive and lettuce<br \/>\n18:15 New lettuce, being picked<br \/>\n18:44 Broad beans and wild rocket<br \/>\n19:48 Asparagus<br \/>\n20:37 Rhubarb, and potatoes with some frost damage<br \/>\n21:19 More garlic, strongest growth<br \/>\n21:45 Beds covered with Thermacrop, over cabbages<br \/>\n22:37 Celeriac and leeks, also covered, with marigolds<br \/>\n23:08 Empty beds ready for plantings<br \/>\n23:32 Bulb fennel and collards<br \/>\n24:15 Broccoli\/calabrese<br \/>\n24:42 Lamb\u2019s lettuce, corn salad and beetroot<br \/>\n25:14 Another build &#8211; a pyramid!<\/p>\n<p>#gardentour #nodig #interplanting #growmorefood #vegetablegardening #gardeninguk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a very busy month since the last tour. 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