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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 6595 Location: New England (In the US of A)
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46061 Location: yes
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get a big plastic drum with a lid for making mixture, apart from the stunning plant food it is ideal for "composting"stuff that would be bad in a heap, weed seeds/roots, dead rats and random bits of zoo jigsaw from the bottom of the freezer can all go in and it also converts chicken muck/ BFB into much more plant friendly forms
put it as far from where you or your neighbours sit as you can and make sure the lid fits
iirc the ds archives have some ace new allotment threads
find a source of manure/ critter bedding, even fresh which is easier to get free is very useful, heap fresh /activate with mixture/wait a bit/plant pumpkins cucumbers etc . after that it is ready for use on the soil.
you cannot have too much manure, compost and mixture.
smother can work as well as dig for weeds ,smother with manure is good
bit of a manure theme but the main problem with a lot of allotments is soil condition.
wombled windows etc are ace for cold frames, a roll of 1000gm polythene is ace for cloches, tunnels, solarisation, compost heap covers etc etc
mattock, fork, spade, kukri/machete/big gp knife to taste, pocket knife, hose pipe or other means of big watering, watering can (mixture etc ), trowel, dibber, hoe.
those tools cover most things, a wheel barrow is handy but there is often a few site ones. |
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dpack
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gz
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Mistress Rose
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sgt.colon
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gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8802 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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sgt.colon
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gz
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Slim
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sgt.colon
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gregotyn
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gregotyn
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