Beginner Gardening: Does anyone practice "no dig" gardening?, 0 by jujucaps

jujucaps wrote:
This spring I was so tired from digging new perennial beds that I planted most of my annuals using the "no dig" method. I put newspaper on the ground and covered it with complete soil mix. Then I planted seeds or, in the case of the impatiens shown here, seedlings.

I don't want to jinx myself, but so far it's been a success. Even though it was a pain to lug bags of soil, it's still less work and weeding for me when compared to digging new beds. Since my "no dig" annual beds are thriving (knock on wood!) I definately plan to do it again next year.

I haven't seen discussion of the "no dig" method on DG (though maybe I missed it -- I've only been a member for a few months) so I'm curious to know of others' experiences using this method.