A few more turns and these beds should be ready for sowing. The profile of the site slopes downhill from the south (left) with the wettests areas along the slab path to the north (right). Next we need to sit down and plan exactly what is going to be growing in which of these beds (Haylek..?!?).
4 comments:
Hi plot looking great, good paths can see the hard work you have put in.When did you take thw polt on? What size are the beds? Reasons for questions is I have a new plot and I am setting out beds and it is something i want to get right first time.
keep up the good work and enjoy
Denise my blog is @ http://irchesterplot.blogspot.com/
Hi Denise
We are learning as we grow this season. The beds are then constructed on the spot, using a method of available timber in relation to the amount of food-crop we have to plant.
The strawberry bed is quite small since we don't expect to be harvesting to many, but the 3sisters bed and the chili/tom bed will be large, because we have lots of different varieties to plant.
As for size we have aimed to make the beds manageable by not making them too wide (to prevent treading on the till of the beds once worked). Paths give a space to stand or kneel when planting or digging and allow easy access to each bed from all sides.
We plan to rotate the beds each season and may end up redesigning the size of each bed accordingly to suit the next crop.
hope this helps
all the best
J
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sorry got ya link will read it
took on plot Nov 5th 2006
I'll get the Popcorn :)
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