Congratulations Carloso. Let the fun begin.
Harry - the compost you spread on cardboard is usually the stuff from your own heap so I'd make starting a composting heap a priority. You'll have plenty pf material to fill it with a good mix of brown and green material.
Welcome Carloso,
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Thanks Obelixx,
I'm keen to get composting, but I draw a blank on the 'have plenty of material'
I've found a couple of sources of horse muck ( fresh and rotted ), and there's some autumn leaves nearby, but my own plot will only be contributing weeds for this year*. I did find with my home compost bins that they have a capability for absorbing everything I can find to put in them, but never seem to get full. I get a bit cheesed off watching the whole estate putting out their brown bins every fortnight, full of stuff I'd happily take for my heap. I would like to get a roaring hot fast heap. ASAP.
Most of all, I need to accept that Rome wasn't built in a day.
A neighbouring lotter (is that the word) told me that my plot has not been 'fed' for three years. That could be a problem as I don't want to spend a lot on fertilizer or compost.