[gread]

ive had my plot two months now and ive nearly dug the lot!! but i think ive burnt mysellf out.......up at 530am at the plot for 45 mins in morning before work then 1hour 30 mins after work for nearly two months and abed by 930pm  coz im so tired!! and im a landscape gardner....so time to slow down so take good advise dont do to much!!! happy days  

[flatcap]

gread
             you have done well ,we got plot end of aug and weve still got a third of it to turn over :oops:  mite get stuck in if the rain stops.at least you can slow down now and enjoy it well done

[starmoonlilly]

Excuse me for butting in here, its admirable that you both have done so much digging.

I prefer to adopt the no dig way myself.......hey no backache! And the wormies do all the heavy stuff for you.

We started by making raised beds then covering the grass (lawn) with thick cardboard, then mulching over with an 8" layer of manure. Granted this is not advisable in the summer months.

Then just plant through the cardboard into the soil beneath....no weeding, no watering and the following year, the soil is gorgeous dahlings  

I do appreciate however that a lot of folk love to dig, but I love my back!

Happy growing

[gread]

that sound nice and i wish i could do that but i have that much spear grass in my plot and well grown weeds that i didnt now where to start but to fork it out..i hasant been used for years and i want a clear plot and theres only one way to gat that.........

[starmoonlilly]

I do sympathise, is spear grass a local name for couch? I havent heard of it.

We have the same problem on our organic growing and sustainable living project field. We put a section under silage plastic in feb. And have planted through it.

So far we have the odd creeping thistle popping through, but no couch grass as yet. We are experimenting as this is our first growing season on the field, The surface couch has died off.....it will be interesting to see how much does come back once the plastic comes off.


Please no one say 'all of it'.......everything planted is doing very well, except those that got caught by the late frost  :evil: