Hi, I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on the best method to clear/use this vegetable patch this year (I've attached some photos).
It's a stone walled area in a field used for sheep grazing (seem to be fairly common in the west of Ireland, you can see them in quite a few fields here). My great uncle used to use it to grow veg, he seems to have had about 25 rows either side of a central path. It's very overgrown now, as you can see!
Last year we cleared a little space for potatoes, but being where we are, blight is inevitable, so I need to dig out a few more rows to use for potatoes this year. The original plan was to hire a rotovator to turn the whole thing over, but I'm not sure it's the best method? I also read about covering it over, covering it with weed control fabric and planting through the holes, a neighbor also suggested putting a pig in there for a while (but that's a whole other undertaking!). I also have to do this all on my own now, having recently split with my husband, so while I'm a young and fairly strong woman, not sure how much I can actually deal with on my own.
Sorry if that's a bit rambling, I'm just trying to work out the best way to deal with this and what I can actually cope with. I had a lot of plans for the garden and the veg I wanted to grow, and it's pretty gutting to have to scale them all back like this. Thank you for reading!