Not been on here a while, hello again everyone
Cut a long story short, i moved back to my mums in London from Norwich recently and somehow managed to blag an allotment pretty damn quick!
It's 5 rods/100sqM sort of size...with a shed that isn't a piece of tat like my old plot.
My main problem, however, is that the soil is clay I've worked with clay soil before when doing gardening jobs, however I never expected (or wanted) to take on a large bit of clay ground. There seems to be no drainage issues so far, which is great. It cracks a bit in the sun though.
Thankfully we live on the London/Essex border, and my friend works in a stable only a few miles down the road with an infinite source of horse muck. Went and got my first load today, didn't anywhere near cover the bit I wanted to...its going to take a while I think!
Any tips/ideas for clay would be gratefully received. One end seems to be much worse than the other, so I'm going to put my raised beds there, as well as sinking my blueberries in their pots into the clay soil. i need to try and level it first so I can put my beds down and sort paths out etc but its proving to be very difficult. Have dug about 1/8th of it, adding manure, so going to try and level this soon and build beds there then add lots of compost/sand/manure etc to try and air it up a bit for spring.
Either way, its exciting having a new plot and project...lovely to have something to keep me busy whilst i'm out of work!
Cut a long story short, i moved back to my mums in London from Norwich recently and somehow managed to blag an allotment pretty damn quick!
It's 5 rods/100sqM sort of size...with a shed that isn't a piece of tat like my old plot.
My main problem, however, is that the soil is clay I've worked with clay soil before when doing gardening jobs, however I never expected (or wanted) to take on a large bit of clay ground. There seems to be no drainage issues so far, which is great. It cracks a bit in the sun though.
Thankfully we live on the London/Essex border, and my friend works in a stable only a few miles down the road with an infinite source of horse muck. Went and got my first load today, didn't anywhere near cover the bit I wanted to...its going to take a while I think!
Any tips/ideas for clay would be gratefully received. One end seems to be much worse than the other, so I'm going to put my raised beds there, as well as sinking my blueberries in their pots into the clay soil. i need to try and level it first so I can put my beds down and sort paths out etc but its proving to be very difficult. Have dug about 1/8th of it, adding manure, so going to try and level this soon and build beds there then add lots of compost/sand/manure etc to try and air it up a bit for spring.
Either way, its exciting having a new plot and project...lovely to have something to keep me busy whilst i'm out of work!
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