VEGGIE PATCH

So the corner full of weeds is to become a vegetable plot.  I wanted to use the no-dig method starting with removal of about a thousand dandylions and then sheets of newspaper on top of the grass and about a three inch layer of well rotted horse manure from the wonderfully named company 'puckamuck'.  It was delivered in a big builders bag and took me days to spread with a little help from my friends' partner Tom.

A weedy patch of land in the communal grounds where I live with a very unhappy looking hydrangea is the chosen spot to try to grow some delicious food!

I was very sad when one of our lovely cherry tree had to be chopped down but I asked to have some logs to make and edge for the plot

I started by planting a couple of things from the allotment and then sowing some green manure to cover the soil, add some nutrients and dig in in the spring.  You can just see the seedlings sprouting here.