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Dee nowt for my IBS thoughAndrews Liver Salts might help.
Just out of interest, how many beds is the norm for an allotment?
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Dee nowt for my IBS thoughAndrews Liver Salts might help.
The number I’ve drawn!!!!Dee nowt for my IBS though
Just out of interest, how many beds is the norm for an allotment?
The number I’ve drawn!!!!
A Blokes got about 8 beehives on one of them, I went to see my mates allotment and his bees were all owa. Class.No mate. Fulwell allotments being the Fulwell mill.
I have half net half plastic doors at either end of tunnel.I was considering putting netting on the bottom 3rd of the tunnel for ventilation. Maybe this would help with the winds
Just out of interest, how many beds is the norm for an allotment?
Dee nowt for my IBS though
Just out of interest, how many beds is the norm for an allotment?
Aye, I'm putting the asparagus next to the rhubarb. Was going to rUn my fruit bushes along the fence with patio dwarf fruit trees next to the shed.You could put a couple of fruit rows in and things like asparagus where they are left in the same place.
I might try and get another plot next year and just have it devoted to fruit
Depends on the size of the plot really.
But I would go for at least 6.
Using a 5 plot rotation for the regular veg - and one for everything else.
So one year go for:-
Plot #1 - Potatoes (after manure has been added over the winter as the spuds like a more acid soil)
Plot #2 - Legumes
Plot #3 - Brassicas
Plot #4 - Roots
Plot#5 - Alliums
Plot #6 - everything else.
Rotate after each season in the order I have set out.
Always check the soil ph after the potatoes. Use lime to bring the ph back to neutral.
The simplest rule is not to grow the same thing in the same place year after year.
Hope this helps.
I had planned on 4 beds and 4 raised beds but we shall see. CheersDepends on the size of the plot really.
But I would go for at least 6.
Using a 5 plot rotation for the regular veg - and one for everything else.
So one year go for:-
Plot #1 - Potatoes (after manure has been added over the winter as the spuds like a more acid soil)
Plot #2 - Legumes
Plot #3 - Brassicas
Plot #4 - Roots
Plot#5 - Alliums
Plot #6 - everything else.
Rotate after each season in the order I have set out.
Always check the soil ph after the potatoes. Use lime to bring the ph back to neutral.
The simplest rule is not to grow the same thing in the same place year after year.
Hope this helps.
I had planned on 4 beds and 4 raised beds but we shall see. Cheers
I have dug over 4 beds. Is there anything I can add to the soil this time of year to improve it?
The beds are about 4ft wide by 10ft long.
Yeah, I am going to do that but this time of year manure is hard to come by I believe. Need to improve the soil as hasn't been touched for o er a year and the nutrients will be low. Don't fancy using g grow more or alikeFirst, get yourself a PH testing kit, or even better a PH tester. I got one off the internet, and it didn't cost much. One of these will keep you right for years ahead.
So if you go back to my post #370 - then go for those beds as I numbered.
Plot #1 -Where you are going to grow your potatoes, then dig in plenty of horse manure and leave it until planting time next spring. The spuds like a slightly acid soil around 5.5 PH, and the manure will give you this, and will improve the soil.
Plots #2 & #3 -The other plots need to be tested for PH level too. Your brassica's need a neutral to alkaline soil, as do legumes.
So if the soil in these is too acid, then add garden lime to bring the PH level up to around 6 to 7 PH. By the way, don't put manure and lime in the SAME ground together at the same time.
Plot #4 -Alliums also do well in soil of 6 to 7.
Do horses only shit at certain times of the year?Yeah, I am going to do that but this time of year manure is hard to come by I believe. Need to improve the soil as hasn't been touched for o er a year and the nutrients will be low. Don't fancy using g grow more or alike
Yeah, I am going to do that but this time of year manure is hard to come by I believe. Need to improve the soil as hasn't been touched for o er a year and the nutrients will be low. Don't fancy using g grow more or alike
You just go up with bags and a shovel?Go to any riding stables marra.
I usually go up to the ones at Penshaw (opposite the Grey Horse pub) - There's plenty of the stuff to go at there.
You just go up with bags and a shovel?
Make sure you let it rot a little first though before digging it in, if it's fresh. See if they have any that's been rotting for a while, if not you might be better off seeing if you can buy a couple of bags of rotted manure but start your own heap off with the fresh stuff, turning it regularly to let the air get to it.yes. all stables will thank you for taking it away.