Hi there, if someone can give me some advice I'd be really grateful.
Yesterday my husband dug over a 7' x 5' patch of our back garden so I can plant tatties in it next spring. The soil is horrible - really heavy, sticky clay, and it was always just under grass before so it was really compacted, having been walked on a lot.
I got the dandelions and other weeks out of it (I think!) then dug in a bag of "well-rotted farmyard manure" but I'm wondering what to do with this bed over winter.
Is it too late to sow a green manure, I wonder? And if it's not too late, given that it's never been cultivated before and will hold tatties next spring, what would be the best green manure from a crop rotational perspective?
I've also got a 1' x 7' trench dug from what used to be lawn for peas next spring - same thing, I dug in a load of manure but I'm wondering what to do with it over winter.
I'm loath to leave these patches of soil bare, but I'd like to get them in really good nick for planting next year!
Please can anyone suggest what I should do? Thank you so much!
C
Yesterday my husband dug over a 7' x 5' patch of our back garden so I can plant tatties in it next spring. The soil is horrible - really heavy, sticky clay, and it was always just under grass before so it was really compacted, having been walked on a lot.
I got the dandelions and other weeks out of it (I think!) then dug in a bag of "well-rotted farmyard manure" but I'm wondering what to do with this bed over winter.
Is it too late to sow a green manure, I wonder? And if it's not too late, given that it's never been cultivated before and will hold tatties next spring, what would be the best green manure from a crop rotational perspective?
I've also got a 1' x 7' trench dug from what used to be lawn for peas next spring - same thing, I dug in a load of manure but I'm wondering what to do with it over winter.
I'm loath to leave these patches of soil bare, but I'd like to get them in really good nick for planting next year!
Please can anyone suggest what I should do? Thank you so much!
C
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