Topic: Newspaper in bean trenches

[cornykev]

I've never emptied hoover contents but I know overs do.   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Blue Bird]

Thanks Q1  :) :) :) :)

[cambourne7]

Hi C7,
so why not empty entire contents of said Dyson into your bean trench? I'm sure household dust will rot down just as well as everything else that has been suggested.

Its now in green wheeie bin...

[Lady of the Land]

With regards to the newspaper in the bean trench- Do people scrunch it up or leave it at bottom of trench as thick wedge. I put some in my bean trench today and was not sure what to do.

[Wasp_Box]

  I hear that fleece (from sheep, not the modern fabric) is good as it absorbs alot of water as well as being a good nitrogen source.

Beans fix their own nitrogen from the air. It's a wonderful example of symbiosis.

I still don't understand the rationale for digging a trench. Is it to create a moisture holding area?

[Emagggie]

Yes. Worked well for me last year, and this years will be better with a better variety of stuff. ( all compostables, paper, horse muck etc.) Aiming not to water this year if at all possible.

[OliveOil]

If i emptied my hoover bags I'd get loads of socks!

[STHLMgreen]

With regards to the newspaper in the bean trench- Do people scrunch it up or leave it at bottom of trench as thick wedge. I put some in my bean trench today and was not sure what to do.

I was wondering this too.

[Emagggie]

Last year I just ripped it in chunks but maybe if it was left whole it would hold moisture even better.

[Barnowl]

Pretty sure that Carol Klein put shredded paper on top of cardboard,(in the first episode of that show that annoyed most of us so much we had to watch the rest so we could shout at the screen except for the quite nice Scandinavian girl and an excellent bit with Supersprout in the last episode that should have been longer (runs out of breath).....

[Barnowl]

Pretty sure that Carol Klein put shredded paper on top of cardboard (in the first episode of that show that annoyed most of us so much we had to watch the rest so we could shout at the screen except for the quite nice Scandinavian girl and an excellent bit with Supersprout in the last episode that should have been longer (runs out of breath).....

[cornykev]

My runners are across the front of the allotment, up against the main tarmac path running through the site and the bean trench rapidly dries out, so I have put some newspaper, cardboard and manure in to try and get a bit of water retention.   ;D ;D ;D