On Mar 24, 6:37*pm, harry wrote:
On Mar 24, 9:49*am, "John Price" 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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You should have started last Autumn. *The ground will likely have
wireworm (common in grassland) and need lime.
But you won't know anything until is has been dug over and de-weeded.- Hide quoted text -

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If you are going to double dig then take the turf off and dig it into
the lower level.
You might well have wire worm and leather jackets, they are both
common pests of established grassland.
I'd still go for one bed for this season and then you have time to
prepare the other bedsready for next year,
David at the sun drenched end of Swansea Bay.