"Bill" wrote in message
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Rotation does not have to be circular though the word suggest it.
Back and forth may give similar desired effects. In some ways I'd
suggest the word rest or Fallow may be useful. I'd recommend green
manure if you can add to your tilth.

back & forth is fine by me! it's what i've been trying to do.

genuine rotation with x always following y following z is good for plant
nutrition preferences, as i understand it. however, i'm really not trying to
do that (yet?); just not organised enough, & it hasn't started out that way
therefore harder to introduce now. maybe one day :-) just worrying that i'm
not giving enough time between brassicas, mainly.

Bill new to aus.gardens and ignorant. For instance can you grow food
stuff year round ? We can minimally as some hardy greens can over winter.

do you mean in australia? (if so...) depends on your climate. in the
tropical north, they grow "summer" veg in winter, when it's not too hot or
wet, & can't grow "winter" veg at all as a rule, but they have tropical
fruits & veg in summer, yum! the rest of us in more temperate climes tend to
follow the standard european seasonal crops, summer veg in summer, & winter
veg in winter.

it gets quite cold where i am, with frosts, but snow is exceedingly rare &
the ground doesn't freeze or anything like that, so i've got all the usual
winter things in (onions, broad beans, cabbage, broccoli, rocket, lettuce,
some carrots which i'm sure are failing, parsnip, leeks, etc etc - anything
which is frost-hardy is fine for winter & i'll give it a go!)

Someone crossed posted from wrecked gardens and I sort of resonated.

i was wondering what that humming noise is ;-)
kylie