Charles started organic and no dig market gardening in 1982, on 1.5 acres./ 6000 m². His successful vegetable growing with fewer weeds enabled new understandings, and Charles has appreciated for a long time the benefits of methods he now shares globally. His first book “Organic Gardening”  came out in 2007. Then since launching in 2013 the Charles Dowding YouTube channel, he has become aware of the possibilities in ‘new media’ to inspire and inform.

Charles’s most recent book is Compost, out in September 2024 at the same time as his 2025 Calendar of Sowing Dates. He continues to run a 0.4 acre / 1600 m² no dig market garden, at Homeacres UK.