hi all ive made a start now ive spead manure on top of most of my plot about 75% as ive been told carrots etc dont like fertyile soil ive covered it all with my plastic sheet .im going to leave it now till a bloke is going to plough then rotivate it for £30 i will then cover it back over . iam then going to start making raised beds 6 inch high . ive asked my local tescos to save me as much cardboard as poss. this i will put at the bottom of my raised beds and move soil that i will weed as im moving it jnto the beds . this will leave me short of soil for the last beds and as im a hard landscaper by trade i will take my pick of any good soil that i would normally throw in a skip . by doing this it will save me £100 at least on skips that will round about pay for the gravel boards for my raised beds .in true allotment style doing it for little or no pay out!!!!!!