Moving house,new veg plot.

John Price · « **on:** February 17, 2012, 15:08 »

We'll be moving in the next few weeks to another house.
In total it's got about half an acre of garden,or should that be half an acre of lawn!
I'm looking for any ideas for turning over a good proportion of it to veg plot.
As it will be quite late in the year when we get round to doing the garden we thought that we would rotovate the future veg plot incorporating the tons of horse muck/straw that are piled up behind the derelict stables and leave it over the winter then plant potatoes.
We've done this on a small scale at the current house and it seems to work although the first crop is nothing to write home about.
Any ideas welcome.

mattwragg94 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2012, 16:45 »

yeh sounds like a good idea to me!

Goldfinger · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2012, 17:41 »

Half an acre? Hmmm....

If it was me,

I would mark out beds leaving some of the grass as paths,

Then I would get one of those petrol turf cutters, have the grass then stacked soil to soil / grass to grass etc to turn it in to a nice loam for the future. You shouldn't then have the problem of lumps of knotty grass if you went straight at the lawn with a rotorvator.

Beds, raised or not, I'd have a definate edge like scaff' board or just simple gravel boards. makes it easier if you need to strim near to the growing stuff.

AND THE BIGGEST POLYTUNNEL I COULD FIT IN WHAT SPACE IS LEFT!!!!

Well, that's what I would do...

mattwragg94 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2012, 17:46 »

yeh thinking about it goldfingers right, your best removing the turf before rotavating, and as goldfinger also said grass sods make great soil conditioner/loam when rotted down

compostqueen · « **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2012, 10:50 »

When you move house there are other imperatives which often take priority so rather than starting off big - with the risk of being overwhelmed as you have other jobs to do - I would do a bed at a time. You can't plant a great big area up all at once anyway.

John Price · « **Reply #5 on:** February 18, 2012, 13:08 »

Thank you all very much.

I like the idea of a turf bank,not done that before.

I had started to price up a new,larger than I've currently got,greenhouse but I do like the idea of a polytunnel.

mattwragg94 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 18, 2012, 13:16 »

hi, i dont have a polytunnel (would love one but dont have the space) but im sure your have to re-new the plastic every few years? Like i said i dont have one but im sure ive heard that somewhere. im sure someone who has a polytunnel will be along in a bit to clarify whether you have to renew the plastic!

Goldfinger · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2012, 17:48 »

This'll be my first year with my poly'.

It doesn't have the 'proper' poly cover, it has the same stuff you see buildings wrapped in when they are being worked on.

This was us last year nearly finishing putting the cover on. (Hense the flappy bits around the doors)

It comes in 2m wide X 45m long rolls, so it took 3 lengths to cover mine.

It has the reinforced nylon stitching running through it, with if can remember, a 70/80% light transparency.

Other plotters have used the stuff and have said has out-lasted others that have used the proper covering plastic. One guy's would have done another year or two (done 8 already), but the snow we had last winter caused the frame to collapse, not the cover.

agapanthus · « **Reply #8 on:** February 19, 2012, 22:57 »

Same thing's going to happen to us in a few weeks time too! Like the idea of using a turf-cutter

....will check out the price of hiring one.

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #9 on:** February 19, 2012, 23:01 »

Start a topic to tell us all about your move Aggy

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