My ventures in to gardening have so far been limited to growing tomatoes in a baby bath on the South east corner of our house ... then a couple of months ago I went a little mad & hired a rotivator... I now have a nice 14x 12 foot veg patch on the North west patch of garden - unfortunately our earth is very heavy clay - I can make models out of it! (and have done so when resting from the heavy digging!)
My neighbour, who have lived in her house for 70 + years has beautiful soil - I see relatives rotivating it on a twice yearly basis - I assume this is achieved by regular digging etc... I have dug 6 bags of sharp sand & 4 x 120 litre bags of compast (peat free) into it and it has a better consistancy but when it rains it seems to set into solid lumps again... is there anything that can be done? (I don't want to have to wait til I am 70!! )
I have also started growing plants from seed - I have runner beans on my window sill next to some sweetcorn, have dug in some main crop king eds & planted some peas, & have broccoli & cauli plants sitting in my poly house - is it safe to plant them out? Or have I jumped the gun and started too early with the beans etc??
My neighbour, who have lived in her house for 70 + years has beautiful soil - I see relatives rotivating it on a twice yearly basis - I assume this is achieved by regular digging etc... I have dug 6 bags of sharp sand & 4 x 120 litre bags of compast (peat free) into it and it has a better consistancy but when it rains it seems to set into solid lumps again... is there anything that can be done? (I don't want to have to wait til I am 70!! )
I have also started growing plants from seed - I have runner beans on my window sill next to some sweetcorn, have dug in some main crop king eds & planted some peas, & have broccoli & cauli plants sitting in my poly house - is it safe to plant them out? Or have I jumped the gun and started too early with the beans etc??
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