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Do any of you grapes have experience of growing veg on a north facing slope?
About a quarter of our allotment is on a north facing slope, and this winter's project is to get it de-carpeted and ready for growing next season.
It is approximately 1in4 gradient, and is at the south end of our plot. It gets full sun at midday in summer, but no direct sunlight at all in winter. We have clay soiL
What vegetables, herbs, fruit or flowers Do you think might succeed there?
Also, is there anything I can do in terms of ground preparation, or perhaps increasing planting distances to maximise my chances of getting some useful produce from this patch?
Any thoughts or advice you can offer will be very gratefully received!
About a quarter of our allotment is on a north facing slope, and this winter's project is to get it de-carpeted and ready for growing next season.
It is approximately 1in4 gradient, and is at the south end of our plot. It gets full sun at midday in summer, but no direct sunlight at all in winter. We have clay soiL
What vegetables, herbs, fruit or flowers Do you think might succeed there?
Also, is there anything I can do in terms of ground preparation, or perhaps increasing planting distances to maximise my chances of getting some useful produce from this patch?
Any thoughts or advice you can offer will be very gratefully received!
) and it goes without saying plant across not down. Other than having to carry all the stuff up the slope the only really problem I've had is with water, it tends not to stay when you want it but that may be the soil rather than the topography. 
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