[She'sinthegarden]

Hi
I've had a read through threads about rotovating but I'd like some views on my cunning plan, please, if you would be so kind:

Info
Ground under black plastic since May. Weeds were - horse's tail/couch grass/others.

Have dug and composted 3 beds for permanent crops (autumn raspberries/asparagus/strawberries). Have started a bean trench.

Kind neighbour has offered to rotovate the rest of the plot for me.

Idea
I reckon you have to put work in on a new plot. It could be digging if I don't rotovate. It could be mega-weeding if I do rotovate. I don't mind the work, but time's getting on and I feel a sowing frenzy coming on as we're in March.

Plan A
Have my kind neighbour to rotovate, then cover up any bits I'm not using with the black plastic?

Plan B
I could rotovate, then give the beds a few weeks for the perennial weeds to sprout. Pulling little newly-emerging weeds should be fairly easy? Also there are fewer air-bourne weed seeds around at the moment. Then I could cover up what I wasn't using until needed.

Plan C
Gently refuse his offer and have a butt like J-Lo by May?

Any ideas welcome
Thanks
S.I.T.G.

[DIGGER]

Go for the but, and as they say on here. Piccys

[noshed]

Take up his offer - then if anything regrows, dig it out or glyphosate it. You'll have the whole plot up and running in 6 weeks.

[Bigbadfrankie]

I like the J lo plan

But plan B sounds best

[Celery]

Have you heard off the no dig option.I don't know it myself.But I am sure you  will find it on the internet.
                   Celery

[She'sinthegarden]

Thanks v. much for that. I'm wanting to go the rotovating route but I'd hate to make a Joe Swift style gaffe. I'm afraid the only piccies will be of my stack of 30  4 m long scaffolding boards delivered to my house today for £60!!!! Is it normal to be so chuffed about bits of old wood?

[noshed]

No, that is perfectly normal.

[She'sinthegarden]

Phew!

[peapod]

Go for B
I didnt
And Ive got a butt like J-Lo 

[Bombers]

Deffo Plan 'c' ... and look at my

[peapod]

Thats definately not a Jlo look bombers  :blink:

[out4nowt]

I went for the digging but it didn't change my bum!

[lacewing]

Is it because this is a cunning plan or the fact that it's showing a naked bum
We have had other plans on here and they were....well....frowned on  and people were told not to have anything to do with them.

[woodburner]

Apart from chopping up the weeds, a rotivator doesn't prepare the ground like a good digging over. I go for C every time. Why my butt isn't like jlo's I don't know lol

[She'sinthegarden]

Bombers! How rude!
Only the orange peel texture is accurate there - ladies of a certain age will know what I mean. I only mention the J-Lo effect because I'm having to lower myself gently to sit down and I was hoping that there may be some benefit for all this pain. AND I did stretching.

Lacewing, could you please let me know what you think. Sorry to be dim but I'm not sure what you were trying to say.