Went along to the local stables at the weekend to collect some manure. They charge 50p per bag or for £1 you can take all you want. so we took my work car and filled it with 21 large sacks of well rotted horse manure.
It was just enough to tip onto the top of my empty allotment beds – hopefully the worms will pull it down into the soil and turn it all in so that by the time spring comes around we have well recovered beds – all ready for a good crop of summer veg.

I still have another collection to make this year I think – It’s looking like I will soon need to pull out and eat the brussel sprouts, cabbages and brocolli. We’ll see. If we keep getting this good weather down here we’ll have nothing left in the winter.

Anyway – as the summer veg has been removed from the majority of the beds now it is time to start planning any changes to the layout of the plot. Time to lay out the paths a bit better and make sure that the central path goes right to the back of the plot now – having a few full width beds this year was quite annoying.

anyway – here is a little picture of the plot with the newly manured beds on the left. still a few beans going on the right.

1.    Ben 10.11.11 @ 20:50      

   Hi Lee – I must do the same this w/e – i don’t know about you but i might leave an area aside for carrots and use chemical fertiliser rather than manure – we’ve lumpy/clay soil as it is – Cheers Ben