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    I have a long allotment (I'm not bragging!) which is on a slope. I have divided it up crosswise into 4'-0" beds with paths between them. Across each bed there is a drop in level of approximately six inches.

    I have toyed with the idea of terracing it. Is it worth doing and what advantages/ disadvantages would it have over a sloping plot? I think it would look tidy but need something more than tidyness to justify the time , effort and cost inviolved

    The beds run lengthwise North/South
    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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    I have 40 allotments nearly 20 acres and a garden centre (im not bragging either ). Anyway back to the real subject, I think that you should terrace it as it will make it look better and it should be easyer to look after and care for

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    • #3
      Yes Snadger, terrace your allotment. I have a plot on a north/south slope 15m x 7m and for two years have used it unterraced. Last winter I terraced it and divided it into 4 x 3m beds and a smaller one for a seed bed. It's made life much easier and when watering the water doesn't all run downhill
      Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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      • #4
        Originally posted by roitelet View Post
        Yes Snadger, terrace your allotment. I have a plot on a north/south slope 15m x 7m and for two years have used it unterraced. Last winter I terraced it and divided it into 4 x 3m beds and a smaller one for a seed bed. It's made life much easier and when watering the water doesn't all run downhill
        Thanks roitelet, just out of interest how high are your retainers and what are they made of?
        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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        • #5
          Originally posted by seedsforsuccess@fsmail.ne View Post
          I have 40 allotments nearly 20 acres and a garden centre (im not bragging either ). Anyway back to the real subject, I think that you should terrace it as it will make it look better and it should be easyer to look after and care for
          Thanks Adam...The Aztecs or was it Incas must have been impressed with terracing anyway...
          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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          • #6
            Originally posted by Snadger View Post
            Thanks roitelet, just out of interest how high are your retainers and what are they made of?
            Hi Snadger,

            The retainers are timber 1 1/2" x 7 1/2" The timber is new and treated.Nailed together and with stakes driven into the ground to hold it upright. Got it from the local builders yard. Cost about £70 (but in euros). Quite expensive I know but worth it for the ease of maintainence and the extra growing space .I must have lost about 3ft of each bed before terracing, what with having to bank the soil and a path. I would also add that apart from the north/south slope the plot also slopes east/west!

            I will try and post a picture when I can get the hang of it
            Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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            • #7
              I would post the pictures but they are too big! Can anyone tell me how to :confused re-size them please
              Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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              • #8
                Hi everyone...

                There's info in here on resizing photos. Found it really good and it's how I redo mine...

                http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...read.php?t=493
                Shortie

                "There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

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                • #9
                  I use a little program called photo resize. It's free & a doddle to use. Here's the link

                  http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize
                  ntg
                  Never be afraid to try something new.
                  Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
                  A large group of professionals built the Titanic
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                  • #10
                    Thanks folks. Now for the pictures I hope!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                    Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                    • #11
                      Well that didn't work. Will try again
                      Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                      • #12
                        Our garden slopes quite a lot and I've made 4 levels of terracing. It looks far more interesting than my neighbours gardens which are just one long patch of land. I did go to Peru recently so maybe I got inspired by the Inca's. I would recomend it though, as it makes your plot look more interesting and tidier and I personally find it easier to work in blocks rather than in open ground - maybe I'm translating my web design coding into garden design - who knows. The different terraces all have different planting and it's easier to do plot rotation although I'm not too strict about that myself.
                        Last edited by eskymo; 11-09-2006, 05:15 PM.

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                        • #13
                          Could you post a piccie Eskymo, would love to see it.

                          And when your back stops aching,
                          And your hands begin to harden.
                          You will find yourself a partner,
                          In the glory of the garden.

                          Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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                          • #14
                            I can recommend the photo re-sizer link of Nics

                            I find it very easy to use by dragging required photo onto desktop icon.....and Bobs your uncle..completemundo!!!

                            If I can use it anyone can!!!!
                            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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