new allotment
 

hello,
I've just got my self a allotment, I paced it out the other day its 8 by 56,
and was covered in couch grass and other nasty, I've strimmed it all down
and had most of it ploughed, the allotments backs onto fields and lucky
enough they were being ploughed the other day, so a drink for the driver and
he done the business on most of it apart from one side which was covered in
brambles. which I've now cleared and dug about half over, but I haven't seen
one worm. where are they? any ideas?
so now one side is fairly flat ( about a meter wide), but most of it is all
ruts left by the plough, should I try to flatten these or leave it to
weather, also should I add some manure at this stage or have I got to get
all the weed roots out first?
I was planning to sow a green manure, is there any I could sow towards the
end of summer and leave in till its time to plant, i.e. spring next year? or
is this to long for a green manure to be in the ground?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Mr Blisterhandsandachingback :-)

new allotment
 

In article , Mr
Blisterhandsandachingback writes
I was planning to sow a green manure, is there any I could sow towards the
end of summer and leave in till its time to plant, i.e. spring next year? or
is this to long for a green manure to be in the ground?

Green manuring is a system of soil regeneration. It is carried out by
sowing plants which will develop a lot of leafy and/or fibrous material,
then turning them into the soil before they develop seed heads. A wide
range of plants can be used, but the best ones are those which mature
quickly and grow a lot of bulk. A good one to consider for summer/autunm
sowing in a vegetable growing area would be grazing rye, but there are
many others to choose from. The Organic gardening catalogue carries
about 20 varieties of green manure seed, and it gives full cultural
instructions with sowing times and seed densities. Online details and
ordering at: www.OrganicCatalog.com
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.