Thanks Goosegirl, the only reason was to see if you could raise the Ph without liming. My soil is around 7.5-8 Ph so good for Brassicas.
But last year was very bad for my beans and peas, very weak and yellowing leaves and not a great deal of growth. As they say these do not need Nitrogen since they fix most from the air. But I had to buy a test kit to find out what was the possible problem was/is so I can try to fix it. Put a 6" covering of compost on most beds and a 6" cover of well rotten manure on the potato bed, this I think will need some Sulphur to drop the Ph a little.
My readings are Ph 7.5/8 Nitrogen 0 Phosphorous med and Potassium med not too bad. Did notice that the beds I composted for the last two years held the water better and my pea/bean bed was a bit dryer as it was not composted the year before. Can't wait to get back on the plot, when is this rain ever going to end........
Bye the way our plot came 1st on our site of 178 plots so must be doing some thing right, always room for improvement.