Onions
Garlic
Strawberries
Brassica Patch - This year's in foreground, last year's beyond the fence:
Spot the common theme? Weed Suppressant Fabric! Hence the Plastic Man reference. But don't worry, there's plenty of room yet for the weeds in the potato and legume patches
Potatoes, "Others" with Brassicas in background
not to mention things like parsnips :
Currently the paths are the area most in need of attention. I think I'll get the sowing and planting sorted first.
I'm wondering how many metres of that weed-suppressing fabric you bought..!
ReplyDeleteAs with netting I always measure the width I need and then google the longest length I can get. I think 4mX10m was my last order. I only used half of it last year and left half rolled up. All I did this year was unroll the second half (after manuring and fertilising - It's got to do for 3 years).
DeleteI keep toying with the idea of using this...so far I have avoided buying but I can certainly see the benefits Mal!!
ReplyDeleteIf you start with a small patch (brassicas?) I think you will be persuaded Tany. It allows you to concentrate your efforts on other areas - and there's never a shortage of tasks crying out to be attended to, is there?
DeleteSnap! Although our potatoes, parsnips and carrots etc grow through wcf too.
ReplyDeleteI've only got the one plot to look after, Sue. Now if I was working on the scale you are (5 plots?) I'd have everything, including the pathways, wrapped up!
DeleteIt's a fantastic time saver on our plots Mal. I can just about manage to strim our grass paths.Best thing is crops seem to grow well using it too. Win Win!
ReplyDeleteYes Martyn, I agree with you on a yield front. Perhaps it could been renamed PPF - Plant Promotion Fabric?
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