Howling big bags of well rotted free manure from the local stables is not an option this year as my back is playing up and I just don't want to risk it.
I found an old French gardening book in the local charity shop and one of the notes was regarding the use of nettles leaves to add organic matter and nutrients to the soil.
The description talks about chopping loads of nettles and digging it into the ground.
Now, Nettles is something we have by the wagon load as the allotments are surrounded by unused/ungrazed fields some hopeful bought thinking they can get planning permission to build (little did they know our parish council, it never got off the ground). So after six years of unused fields we have nettles in abundance.
Can someone comment if digging in fresh chopped nettles is a good idea or not?
I found an old French gardening book in the local charity shop and one of the notes was regarding the use of nettles leaves to add organic matter and nutrients to the soil.
The description talks about chopping loads of nettles and digging it into the ground.
Now, Nettles is something we have by the wagon load as the allotments are surrounded by unused/ungrazed fields some hopeful bought thinking they can get planning permission to build (little did they know our parish council, it never got off the ground). So after six years of unused fields we have nettles in abundance.
Can someone comment if digging in fresh chopped nettles is a good idea or not?
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