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Uncle Marvo · 14-09-2006, 04:03 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Uncle Marvo wrote:
It is brilliant for growing stinging nettles and dock. That's all I
know.

Therefore let me tell you that you have an acid soil and prior to
growing vegetables, especially legumes like you wish, you will need to
lime it first.

Lime 'R' us. Any recommendations as to what sort and how much I should use?
I have a pH thingy here somewhere ...

But it's right by a river so should be good.

Blueberries would like that.

Blueberries are the new wonder veg, apparently. They contain all the good
things that we lack in a modern diet, so I'm reliably informed. And most of
the ones we get most of the year are from noo Zealand and thus roger about 3
tonnes of carbon per berry. I adore blueberries.

Water is there, just a question
of getting it up to the top. I could pump it uphill and let it run
down, but that might be too much. Or set up a sprinkler, shouldn't
be a problem.

Phew ... far too complicated for me already ;o)

That's the bit I like best, the engineering :-)