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Hi all,
After lurking for a while, thought it best to put pen to paper. After growing a few salad leaves, radish and spring onions in my smallish garden I was thinking of giving the rest of my garden over to some more veg and fruit. In the really longterm I thought about an allotment. After doing a bit of reading I got to learn about huge waiting lists so thought I would put my name down for one. After being shocked by the queues I rang the council and low and behold last vacancy on a site within a couple of miles from my house 7 days later - today I gets the key!
The site has been run down but seems to be back on its way up. Everyone I have met seems friendly and it is culturally very diverse.
As seems to be the way there is of course a blog - see below - unashamed plug!
The whole patch is weeded over some areas more than others. The lesser part i'm digging first and putting in green manure (fenugreek and buckwheat) the areas that need more weeding shall be made into smaller beds and hopefully I may get some seed in. The thread earlier " What can I plant right now" shall be used as the base for this.
A couple of questions - Does the green manure plan sound Ok?
2nd - One of the neighbours has dug out rhubarb and big bits of root are lying around. What do I do with this or is it the wrong time?
oneflewovers blog
After lurking for a while, thought it best to put pen to paper. After growing a few salad leaves, radish and spring onions in my smallish garden I was thinking of giving the rest of my garden over to some more veg and fruit. In the really longterm I thought about an allotment. After doing a bit of reading I got to learn about huge waiting lists so thought I would put my name down for one. After being shocked by the queues I rang the council and low and behold last vacancy on a site within a couple of miles from my house 7 days later - today I gets the key!
The site has been run down but seems to be back on its way up. Everyone I have met seems friendly and it is culturally very diverse.
As seems to be the way there is of course a blog - see below - unashamed plug!
The whole patch is weeded over some areas more than others. The lesser part i'm digging first and putting in green manure (fenugreek and buckwheat) the areas that need more weeding shall be made into smaller beds and hopefully I may get some seed in. The thread earlier " What can I plant right now" shall be used as the base for this.
A couple of questions - Does the green manure plan sound Ok?
2nd - One of the neighbours has dug out rhubarb and big bits of root are lying around. What do I do with this or is it the wrong time?
oneflewovers blog
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