Part of my plot has become rather overgrown and although I have managed to clear it there is still a lot of nettle roots. I may get the gang in later in the year, problem is it is all or nothing. And their little feet do rather trample and compact the soil and they eat all the worms, slugs and snails.
If I do get them in, I will try and dig out quite a few worms with a view to restocking them. But the thought of a fresh start is appealing.
At the moment I am covering it will courgettes and pumpkins hoping they will do it. I fell over last year and just had to do a minimum for several months. So the nettles really got stuck in.
I do hope the electric fence keeps working, a stray pig or six would be a bit of a disaster. But it is normally ok. They also eat all the weeds and grind up the brassica roots.
