Great work Simon. Add in plenty of chicken manure pellets to help fertilise the soil and improve its structure, plus peat free compost, as I imagine you are on London clay.
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Here's the second in what will be a very occasional series of posts on the garden work that I'm doing when I really should be basing minis. ;-) The plan is to grow tons of vegetables that we can eat or give way in the summer/autumn/winter of Covid.
Above is the new small terrain feature (=vegetable patch). This is shady, so it'll only suit root vegetables. We took tons of rock, stones and roots out of this. That bush got chopped, this afternoon.
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And above is the new two-box terrain feature; a massive 16' x 8' potato bed, on the site of a long-defunct play area formerly covered in gravel. The soil here is really cloggy, since there's lots of clay mixed in and poor drainage table, so it qualifies as rough ground. This was an absolute back-breaker; we found a stone path buried 6" under the surface, that we had to remove. I bought a cheap rotavator from Aldi, that worked wonders on breaking up the clumps of soil.
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And last (and least) a trough that we built last year, when Covid was but a glint in the Grim Reaper's eye. Although small, this proved fertile ground for green beans and lettuces.
So the hardest part of the work is done and I hope to get back to writing, next week, interspersed with a little digging and planting. And some modelling. Huzzah!
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Close this window Jump to comment formnice work Simon, can't wait to look at your production! Exit the elephants, welcome to the vegetable garden.
29 March 2020 at 20:50
Oh I'm working on the elephants, tonight. :-)
29 March 2020 at 21:43
Great work Simon. Add in plenty of chicken manure pellets to help fertilise the soil and improve its structure, plus peat free compost, as I imagine you are on London clay.
29 March 2020 at 21:49
Thanks Steve- yes I put a whole tub of chicken manure in the smaller bed and have one on order for the main bed. Also lots of compost. It'll be fine!
29 March 2020 at 22:38
> I put a whole tub of chicken manure in the smaller bed
Thought I could smell something!
Looking good mate. Now get back to basing :-)
29 March 2020 at 23:56
Excellent raised beds and just the thing for current times. I look forward to seeing what you will grow.
30 March 2020 at 07:52
Great stuff mate, all the best with your crops.
Cheers
Matt
30 March 2020 at 13:17