over wintering

[crannman]

well thats one 20+20 bed put to sleep for winter spread manure over then covered with a tarpaulin until spring one more to do and keeping one open with sprouts ,spring cabage ,kale and winter onions and garlic in

[Two_Sheds]

well thats one 20+20 bed put to sleep for winter

Do people still do that?

Why not use all the space, all the time?

[WendyC]

What's 20+20? Other than 40 of course!

[crannman]

20 ft by 20ft if your being picky..........and yes they still do that

[Shadylane]

I still have quite a few beds in use, but not all of them. If you follow crop rotation or 'crop swapping' like I do, I think it makes it hard to use all the beds all the time. Unless you're an ace planner. So Crannman, Bramley eh? That The Grange or Wadsworth rd?

[crannman]

hi shady lane couldn't get in a them got one at catcliffe took some work to get up and going its my 1st year but doing ok

[Two_Sheds]

If you follow crop rotation... it makes it hard to use all the beds all the time.

fill any unused beds with a green manure?

[Shadylane]

Ah yes, every year I leave it too late. I did actually sow some this year though, so that's an improvement, though not much of it's come up. Next year I'm deffo going to get on top of that...

[Two_Sheds]

Yeah, you need to remember to sow it before the land becomes vacant, so in late July really.

My GMs self-seed now, all over the place, all year. I just cut them down when I need the space for a crop

My allotment is green all over today, not a scrap of brown soil to be seen. The Committee of Doom think it's weeds

[Hans Mum]

My allotment is green all over today, not a scrap of brown soil to be seen. The Committee of Doom think it's weeds

& thats brilliant if you keep on top of it before it goes to seed, someone on our site grew Good King Henry as a green crop let it go to seed and now we've all got it in places we'd rather not have it.

[grahamR]

Spent the last two mornings clearing up, weeding, digging the empty bits of the allotment ready for winter. Had thought of sowing some green manure (winter rye) but it might be too late. Still got parsnips, carrots and Brussels to harvest over the next two or three months and some brassica seeds sprouting in the greenhouse ready for early-Spring planting. Need to dig out a short row of raspberries - we've been swamped with them this autumn, can't even give them away fast enough and we've abandoned picking them with lots still on (though mostly over-ripe now). Tomatoes were rubbish! Too big and watery and split even though I hadn't watered them once during the hot summer. The ground never dried out where they were: seems there's a constant trickle of water through my plot at that point (it's on a slope). There's another spot where this happens - could play havoc with planned crop rotation!


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