So, our village has an unused-for-30-years 2-acreish allotment site which the parish council has offered to us (new to the village) to get started again.
We're putting notices in village newsletter, advertising at summer fete and open gardens etc to get an idea of the amount of support there might be. I suspect there will be a sizeable amount of interest.
Once this is done, there's the small problem of the current state of the site which is very very very weedy.
A couple of questions then, about the next stage.
1) Is it a mistake to plough it - it's certainly too much to be done by hand?
2) Should/Could we get the top 5 inches of soil/rubble skimmed off instead or as well - or is this a mistake too?
3)Would it be advisable to put the entire area under carpet/plastic for a year first to sort itself out.
Any advice gratefully recieved - We've rescued one allotment from couch-grass oblivion before but 2 acres is rather beyond us!
We're putting notices in village newsletter, advertising at summer fete and open gardens etc to get an idea of the amount of support there might be. I suspect there will be a sizeable amount of interest.
Once this is done, there's the small problem of the current state of the site which is very very very weedy.
A couple of questions then, about the next stage.
1) Is it a mistake to plough it - it's certainly too much to be done by hand?
2) Should/Could we get the top 5 inches of soil/rubble skimmed off instead or as well - or is this a mistake too?
3)Would it be advisable to put the entire area under carpet/plastic for a year first to sort itself out.
Any advice gratefully recieved - We've rescued one allotment from couch-grass oblivion before but 2 acres is rather beyond us!
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