Am I alone in wanting to clear everything?

[piskieinboots]

...I don't think it matters if you only work your veg patch in the summer, as long as you tuck it up well for the winter.

Yep nicely put - in addition to the aforementioned weeds/cat poo on bare soil, heavy rains will leach nutrients from soil so care and cover is important, in fact weeds are a kind of green manure by the fact that they cover

[HayleyB]

ooooooooh is Uncle Snadger on the Norty Step?, can I go keep him company

[Farmer_Gyles]

i've had such a crap year with health and stuff, my veggie patch and allotment got very overgrown and neglected - meeting a girlfriend then it suddenly ending without explanation was another major knock - i just don't have any enthusiasm at all right now

i'd love to clear the whole lot and prepare for next year - can't bring myself to do it just yet .........

[fran]

What happened to the one year fallow idea in crop rotation that we learnt about in Geography many moons ago? I feel a bit mean planting something in a bed very recently vacated by another plot - but of course I do it.

[fran]

Sorry - I meant recently vacated by another CROP!

[zazen999]

What happened to the one year fallow idea in crop rotation that we learnt about in Geography many moons ago? I feel a bit mean planting something in a bed very recently vacated by another plot - but of course I do it.

Probably from intensive cropping, when they would grow all the goodness out.

They probably didn't mulch quite so heavily

[BumbleB]

Have been clearing lots of the veggies that were grown in pots/containers (Celery), some beans etc) general tidy up of herbs in pots and a good scrub to the patio.

Next few weeks will bring lots of jobs (with rain, cold etc) so best to get on top of some of them.

[weekendwellies]

Sorry - I meant recently vacated by another CROP!

Freudian slip Fran?!!