Stephen Howard wrote:

I find trenching leeks to be a bit of chore - you plant the
young leeks out in 6 inch deep trenches and gradually earth up as the
season progresses.

I do trenching, but my rototiller has an attachment that makes very nice
6"+ deep trenches, after a couple of passes to loosen the soil. The rest
is as described, though I don't have leeks like those contest winners in
the U.K.! (Which I understand are inedible. Pity.)


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1200' elevation. NY WO G