starting my plot in my back garden

Digger Parsnip · « **on:** January 17, 2007, 22:28 »

hello,
at the moment my back garden is lawn with 2 fruit trees in the middle,
to have raised beds do i need to clear the grass off or just put the raised bed on top?

cheers
Digger

muntjac · « **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2007, 22:34 »

just make the frames dig the grass and turn it over then add more soil

Digger Parsnip · « **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2007, 22:36 »

thanks muntjac,
should i dig the grass in then ? when should i dig ?

muntjac · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2007, 22:38 »

now dig it trench fashion and turn the grass down into the trench bottom in slices ,then add more soil etc

Digger Parsnip · « **Reply #4 on:** January 18, 2007, 16:50 »

when ? this month or spring?

muntjac · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2007, 17:09 »

now mate

Sadgit · « **Reply #6 on:** January 18, 2007, 18:20 »

in this weather??

muntjac · « **Reply #7 on:** January 18, 2007, 20:12 »

and just what is wrong with this weather ? supposed to be hard lotty owners ,,, ya wimps

Sadgit · « **Reply #8 on:** January 19, 2007, 06:32 »

Yeah *puffs up chest* *splutters and puts fluffy slippers back on*

Plum · « **Reply #9 on:** January 19, 2007, 09:00 »

We did as muntjac said when making our raised beds. We have clay and wanted to make use of it. The first bed we used for the last couple of years, we dig in more organic matter each year and add some grit, this first bed is now developing into lovely soil and produces well. We dug the first bed in bad weather because that was when we could do it after moving and didn't want to waste a growing season and were very glad we hadn't waited

lucywil · « **Reply #10 on:** January 19, 2007, 10:05 »

don't know where you are in th counrty but it's a lovely day here in peterborough, the wind has dropped and the sun is shinning so get your wellies on and get stuck in!!

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