Cerumen wrote:
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I have been granted the use of a very large plot near the ocean, here
in the south-west of Ireland. I have been told that the salty breeze
coming in off the Atlantic will make it difficult to grow many crops
successfully, that potato blight would be difficult to prevent, etc.
There are a few apple trees on the land, but they are in terrible
condition, no-one has taken care of them for years.
What sort of crops would be likely to thrive in this area? The soil
appears to be excellent, dark and crumbly.
Well I used to row pretty much anything I wanted in the extreme south
west but it took time to get shelter belts of hedges established to
act as a windbreak, I took a short cut and put a polytunnel up and
moved in tons of seaweed from a nearby beach to supplement the manure
from a lare flock of hens and ducks and to be fair it was hard work
but I rarely failed to row what I wanted. The lack of frosts that
close to the sea are a bonus as well.

On the cliff tops of Brixham things seemed to love it! Sunny, well drained
soil with a smattering of limestone. Didn't find anything that really hated
it...

L


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