Hello again, I've created an album to show my allotment so please feel free to have a look. I can't quite figure out how to post a decent size photo within messages yet. I apologise for the rather long post.
My new allotment was ploughed three weeks ago and there are some pretty deep furrows/ridges going on - at the edge they are at least a foot. There are some remnants of couch grass but not too much to get worried about. The problem that's foxing me is the soil. I've never worked with such sandy soil and so I'm a bit non-plussed with what I can do or what I should expect.
I've talked to the other allotment holders and they tell me they can pretty well grow anything they like. The flatter ones don't get much joy from swedes. On my plot I can see remnants of sea kale and spring onions.
I went up there on Saturday evening and managed to rake quite a bit (5m by 9m approx) which you can see in the photos. I used the azada to lift out the serious clumps of not rotted couch grass which I'm piling up to make a wall for the compost bin. There's nothing in the way of stones or worms and no-one fences their allotments as rabbits don't seem to be a problem, hooray
Perhaps I've been lucky where I've lived before with black fen soil - chuck in a spud, seed or plant and off it goes. Will this be any different, do you think? I'd really appreciate some advice. Thank you. WW
My new allotment was ploughed three weeks ago and there are some pretty deep furrows/ridges going on - at the edge they are at least a foot. There are some remnants of couch grass but not too much to get worried about. The problem that's foxing me is the soil. I've never worked with such sandy soil and so I'm a bit non-plussed with what I can do or what I should expect.
I've talked to the other allotment holders and they tell me they can pretty well grow anything they like. The flatter ones don't get much joy from swedes. On my plot I can see remnants of sea kale and spring onions.
I went up there on Saturday evening and managed to rake quite a bit (5m by 9m approx) which you can see in the photos. I used the azada to lift out the serious clumps of not rotted couch grass which I'm piling up to make a wall for the compost bin. There's nothing in the way of stones or worms and no-one fences their allotments as rabbits don't seem to be a problem, hooray
Perhaps I've been lucky where I've lived before with black fen soil - chuck in a spud, seed or plant and off it goes. Will this be any different, do you think? I'd really appreciate some advice. Thank you. WW
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