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Hello thanks for the heads up on the blight lol I told you I was a newbie ha ha ha, seems like a gret service that site offers am going to register, am now thinking of throwing some main crop potatoes in the very clay'y parts in the hop it will break some of it up, with the best will in the world on my own there is now way all the beds are going to be created and filled quickly so might be a good way of doing a bit of soil conditioning??
Damaged scaff boards cant be sold cos of the good old Health and safety regs >:(
Quote from: ChrisBro on June 24, 2009, 12:23:39Hello thanks for the heads up on the blight lol I told you I was a newbie ha ha ha, seems like a gret service that site offers am going to register, am now thinking of throwing some main crop potatoes in the very clay'y parts in the hop it will break some of it up, with the best will in the world on my own there is now way all the beds are going to be created and filled quickly so might be a good way of doing a bit of soil conditioning??It's too late for maincrop potatoes now, there isn't enough of the growing season left. You could try some second earlies for Christmas potatoes which will crop in around 10-12 weeks. It's a fallacy that potatoes break up the ground. It's YOU that breaks up the ground when you prepare it for planting, earth them up and harvest them.Dig some small beds and get planting. There's nothing like seeing (and tasting) your crops to motivate. You should still be able to buy courgette and squash plants and they are great ground cover. You can sow over-wintering brassica seeds or buy plants. There is plenty of time to get sowings of carrots, salad leaves, spring onions, radishes etc. Oriental salads like pak choi can be sown soon. Then into the autumn you can put in garlic, onion sets and into winter broad beans and peas. Autumn into winter is the time to put in fruit trees and bushes so get those beds ready in time.
http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments_Deep_bed_building.htmla link to some pictures of the raised bedslbb
Quote from: Ishard on June 24, 2009, 11:20:51 Damaged scaff boards cant be sold cos of the good old Health and safety regs >:(We have bought hundreds of planks of slightly damaged scaffold planks (and rusty poles) from a local firm - in my experience local firms are quite keen to get rid of them for cash. Didn't realise it was technically illegal. Our whole site is held up by them!!
your idea of ebay for a good cheap resource of ready to plant plants is a good idea. in 2007 when my beds were ready it was to late to sow most of the things i wanted to grow and so i used ebay with great success both crop wise and wallet wise.
Chris.I see you have sorted out your user profile, and you are close to the sea.GET A TRUCKLOAD OF SEAWEED!
Hiya, chris, what a site, look forward to the pics as you progress, our site used to be under water for 3 months a year so raised beds was a must ;Dours are made from old pallets, the boards last about 7 years if treated first, we used the same method of cardboard on the couch grass, marestail etc, very few bits coming through
Don't burn the ragwort, compost it. It's an annual weed which will rot down to non-poisonous compost; if you burn it you're wasting organic matter. Dig what you can and either strim the rest or cover it with black plastic. As long as you persist, you'll get there!
Hi Chris. Welcome to the forum. Now don't you get buying all that stuff from Wilkies without lettin me know whats going cheap. I'm famous for havin shares inWilkies. Ask anyone ;D
Hi Chris, sorry just to clarify the link i posted isnt my plot, it belongs to the good dr that the other posters were refering to,you said you would like to see it so i posted the link for you.mine is no where near as tidy :-[lbb
get thee to the car boot sales on sunday morning and you should find plenty of ready plants at very cheap prices. good luck with your project, i hope it comes together. :)
Hi Chris and welcome, I think you've had sound advise, the two things I will have to definitely second is no to rotavating and Shirl's definitely got shares in Wilko's, all the best and keeeeeep digging. ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: thifasmom on June 24, 2009, 14:24:07your idea of ebay for a good cheap resource of ready to plant plants is a good idea. in 2007 when my beds were ready it was to late to sow most of the things i wanted to grow and so i used ebay with great success both crop wise and wallet wise.Hello thanks for your reply, I have been looking on Ebay this afternoon and there are some great plants at very good prices my only concern is the sending of them ie Royal Mail not very good at the best of times but I suppose its more down to the seller and the way they pack them. Will have to try and see what happens.