Hello Everyone!!

[scarey55]

Sounds like a good plan to me.
Covering the soil makes a huge difference to the digging next season, shame I don't always remember that advice myself

Just remember that if you are planting root veg, parsnips, carrots etc don't plant them into freshly manured soil or they may fork.

PS, no need to apologise for posting in the wrong place, it keeps us Mods on our toes!

[Bramble Slayer]

Sounds like a good plan to me.
Covering the soil makes a huge difference to the digging next season, shame I don't always remember that advice myself

Just remember that if you are planting root veg, parsnips, carrots etc don't plant them into freshly manured soil or they may fork.

PS, no need to apologise for posting in the wrong place, it keeps us Mods on our toes!

Excellent, thanks. I had heard that about root veg and manure. If I add well rotted manure this time of the year am I OK to plant root veg in the spring?

Thanks,

Simon

[Bigmallly]

Hi Simon, when you dig it over in the new year, cover it over again to stop rain leaching any goodness out of the soil then come spring you will be giving your plants the best possible start.

[Bigmallly]

It's only Carrots & Parsnips that tend to fork in manure, roots such as Beetroot, Turnip, Swede etc should be fine.

[Jay-ell]

Carrots and parsnips tend to fork if there's a lot of nitrogen - they they are perfectly edible and great for kids to to giggle at (no matter what their ages are). OK they are more of a pain to harvest and prepare.

[mothhawk]

Hi, Simon, welcome to the vine. Your ground looks well cleared, brambles are the pits to remove, aren't they?

[Bramble Slayer]

Hi, Simon, welcome to the vine. Your ground looks well cleared, brambles are the pits to remove, aren't they?

I've never tackled Brambles like this before. The plot had been left over grown for about 8 or 9 years. I swear there were brambles as thick as my wrist. I did an epic strim and hack then when the ground was reasonably clear went back over and dug them out by the roots. I'm sure there are loads left but at least I can see the wood for the trees or the ground for the bramiles.