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    A link to Supersprout's Allotment...

    This is for anyone who is trying to tame a wild allotment; this provided me with tons of advice and inspiration when I first visited this forum.

    This is nestled in the Growing Techniques board; and Supersprout is no longer with us but her legacy lives on in mine, and many other people's plots.

    http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ment_5573.html

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    Nice to be reminded of this thread Zaz. A truly wonderful gardener and a truly wonderful person!
    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

    Diversify & prosper


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    • #3
      I'm using these techniques in the schools that I'm gardening in Snadger; it's great to be able to spread the word.

      Some of the teachers are dead excited and are going to be doing the same in their gardens.

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      • #4
        This is brilliant. Thanks for bringing it back to life, should be a sticky.
        My 2014 No Dig Allotment
        My 2013 No Dig Allotment
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        My 2011 No Dig Allotment

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        • #5
          interesting to read about the lack of slug problems when raised beds weren't used. I had planned on bulk buying scaffolding boards, but I think i will try this method.
          Last edited by chris; 04-05-2010, 09:35 AM.

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          • #6
            Just bumping this as there have been a few 'OMG - my allotment is a nightmare' threads recently; so if this helps then great.

            It might be worth newbies looking at the references mentioned in the original thread - they might just change your way of growing veg.....

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            • #7
              I'm glad I found this. Looks amazing and definitely something to try on my (completely overgrown) allotment.
              http://ecoprincess.blogspot.com

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              • #8
                Oh my god!!! I'm off to get some string - lots of it and then see where I can get hay or straw from. This looks to good to be true but as I seem to be too busy to keep on top of the weeds - never mind getting anywhere with digging any beds, I will certainly give this a try!!

                Thanks for bumping this!
                Life's not always a party - but now that we're here, we might as well dance!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by SunnyU View Post
                  I'm off to get some... hay or straw
                  Or use grass clippings, newspaper, autumn leaves etc etc.

                  Supersprout mentioned Ruth Stout. Here's a linky: Ruth Stout' s System
                  Last edited by Two_Sheds; 14-11-2010, 04:20 PM.
                  All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                  • #10
                    Hello! Do you actually plant the plants in the mulch? or in the soil through the mulch or plant then mulch???
                    http://meandtwoveg.blogspot.com

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                    • #11
                      You brush the mulch open, dig your hole, and once planted, brush the mulch back again.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                        You brush the mulch open, dig your hole, and once planted, brush the mulch back again.
                        What about seeds? If weeds won't germinate through the mulch, seeds won't either, surely? I really want to give this a go, coz I'm reet lazy, me. I'm sure this is my way forward.

                        So if I throw the contents of my compost bin over my raised beds, and then want to plant eg. beetroot, should I move the mulch, sow & not replace the mulch, or start the beetroot in modules first?
                        Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
                        By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
                        While better men than we go out and start their working lives
                        At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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                        • #13
                          No, not seeds. Put into modules first.

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                          • #14
                            Just for anyone who hasn't tried mulching, IT WORKS and saves huge ammounts of work and watering!!
                            Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                            • #15
                              You could 'part' the straw mulch, sow your seeds and once they've germinated pull the mulch back next to them!
                              If I could get enough straw cheaply I would give this method a go. I did it one year with good results!
                              My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                              to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                              Diversify & prosper


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