I've just got myself a half plot. I'm new to all of this and whilst trying to tackle it discovered the no-dig method. It's a clay soil plot (London) and hadn't been used for a while but had been treated so I was left with a compacted ground with weeds.
I luckily found a farm giving away rotted manure so used this and added it to the soil. I was going to just cover it but was advised to dig it in and loosen the soil. Now I made a mistake and left it over the winter and the weeds are back! I really don't want to turn the soil over and the ground isn't compact as I had dug in the manure 5 months ago. Can I just cover it with membrane and plant or do I really need to turn the soil, remove weeds and adopt a more traditional approach as advised?
Many thanks
I luckily found a farm giving away rotted manure so used this and added it to the soil. I was going to just cover it but was advised to dig it in and loosen the soil. Now I made a mistake and left it over the winter and the weeds are back! I really don't want to turn the soil over and the ground isn't compact as I had dug in the manure 5 months ago. Can I just cover it with membrane and plant or do I really need to turn the soil, remove weeds and adopt a more traditional approach as advised?
Many thanks
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