On 24/03/2012 11:00, Dave Hill wrote:
On Mar 24, 9:49 am, "John wrote:
Greetings - I have a patch of land that has been just lawned for
several years, and I'm planning on turning some of it into a vegt
patch. Never grown veg before.

The land is virtually south facing and a very slight slope southward.
Plenty of sun all day long.

I'm picturing the patch will be 5 metres long North-South and about 5.5
metres wide.

Having read about crop rotation, I'm wondering about having 3 strips
about 1.5 metres wide, with paths in between. Then I could roate each
strip as a whole.

Or I could do 4 strips, 1 metre wide, again with paths in between.

I was wondering if anyone has any comment on practical issues about
having strips like that, and/or whether there would be any issues based
on experience about the width of the strips.

Many thanks

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I take it you are going to keep the paths as grass, if so how wil you
cut them?
How wide is your mower? This could decide on the path width.
Are you going to have a path around the outside?
If not then the 2 outside beds should be narrower if you don't want to
walk on them.
I am asuming you are ghoing to have the beds run the lenght.
Why not put 1 bed accross the garden instead this year, as a trial,
then if it goes OK next year you can add a second, then in year 3 the
third bed this way you will be setting up your rotation, and if you
find after year 1 you don't like the idea you havn't lost to much of
your lawn.
David at the sun drenched end of Swansea Bay.
Well David, you have upset the weather gods now, expect a deluge for you
any time, while most of us remain droughted!

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Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire