What would grow best

[Patrick King]

Hey all, i have a large bit of ground to the side of my shed. And i was wondering what would grow there as it is wasted space at the moment.

Heres a diagram of what i have to work with. (allotment is longer, this is diagram of a section.)


any ideas would be great.

[Patrick King]

[cacran]

It all depends on what the ground is like or whether it gets full sun light etc. Really you could just try things out and see how they go.

[valmarg]

Could you put in a compass so that we are able to decide what goes where.

valmarg

[Robert_Brenchley]

Herbs, soft fruit or a tree? Unless there are veg you don't have space for elsewhere of course.

[tonybloke]

I'll give you a load of raspberry canes to start you off, mate.
rgds, Tony ;)

[markfield rover]

Flowers,a cutting garden.

[Patrick King]

wow cheers tony.

cheers all i think i will plant fruit trees and herbs.

[teresa]

Plant some rhubarb at the end of the chicken run.
The leaves are a natural wormer for hens this way they can help themselves when they want it and leave you the stalks to eat.

[Patrick King]

wow cheers for that info.

[allaboutliverpool]

I have looked at the satellite picture of your plot.

It appears that the bed lies to the North in which case rhubarb and Jerusulum artichokes which grow 10 feet tall might be the answer.

[SMP1704]

In the small triangle at the end of the shed, how about water butts and compost bins or leaf mould containers?

[floraldi]

Plant some rhubarb at the end of the chicken run.
The leaves are a natural wormer for hens this way they can help themselves when they want it and leave you the stalks to eat.

I thought the leaves of rhubarb were poisonous - at least to humans. Is this not the case with hens?

[teresa]

The leaves are dangerous for us but not for hens, my girls eat the leaves but will not touch the stalks so we share.

[Robert_Brenchley]

It sounds as though they poison the worms though. I use oxalic acid (the active ingredient) as a miticide on bees; I just did two swarms this week.