However, we have progressed very well and decided to tackle on the second half of the plot. Weeding it would be a long task, and now we are in May, things are starting to be planted, so the decision was made to cover that half of the plot in weed suppressant fabric and then plant through that.
The first task was to remove all the old black plastic, builders membrane (viscuene) and old carpet. That was rather messy, as the plastic doesn't really let water through, the carpet was rather sodden and the viscuene... nightmare stuff as it breaks down and breaks into little pieces.
The plot looked like this.
After a few hours on Saturday and a few hours today, we now have it looking much tidier with the weed suppressant membrane, this is woven, so lets water through.
This area will be planted with squash, pumpkins, courgettes and brassicas. We now have the flowerbed to sort out as it is currently home to a slowly decreasing pile of manure and the middle area which is home to our bits and pieces, things like scaffold poles, our burning bin and recently a one ton builders bag.
We had a pile of weeds that was too wet to burn, so we got a builders bag (the one ton things that sand etc is delivered in) and chucked everything in that, the idea being is it will be devoid of light and everything rots eventually... so it should make for some good compost.
No comments:
Post a Comment