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Old 29-11-2006, 10:11 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Alan Holmes Alan Holmes is offline
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Default Leafmould and green manure


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Hi,

I'm still new to allotment gardening, and on my travels around the
internet, I came across this:
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/todo...g_gard_now.php
A little before half way down the page, there's a picture of three beds
treated in different ways. It seems that the one which has been
leafmoulded (if that's the word) is doing brilliantly, but the one on
which green manure has been used seems to be doing even worse than the
one left to its own devices. Could that really be the case? If so, why
use green manure?


What is 'green manure'?

Alan