Digging

Thats a fantastic plot you have Elaine everything looks so healthy and tidy. I hope it all tasted as good as it looked

 

You too kevin.Its definitly a labour of love.Theres always gonna be far more than we can eat but one of the best parts is giving stuff away.We arn`t big lovers of spinach but the pigeon men on the allotments feed the pigeons it so no waste there.

 

Thanks, its hust a pity it cant look like this all year. Cant wait for the spring to get planting again

 

It would be good if it stayed like that wouldnt it.Especially in July,August,late afternoon,when the lights just right and you spend 20 minuites just looking at it all before you head home.

 

looking good bringing back some happy memories for me

 

Having read the above I wonder if I have goofed?
I have a new veg patch 18foot * 18foot which is newly recovered from lawn and on very light sandy soil. A friend offered me some 5 year + cow muck which had more worms in than the avarage wormery and so ( as it was free ) I heaped 30 barrow loads and left them on the surface as I was planning on raised beds but had not got the wood. The question is when the worms and I have done our jobs and dug it in will I have ruined it for root crop? I initialy assumed that most of the nutriants would have leached out by now and that I had put in the muck to improve the sandy soil structure. I was planning on adding bone meal in February. Advice please.

 

Woops!!!! looks like it (my post) ended up in the wrong place, it was ment to go in 'digging'and I cant blame the Post Office.
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Try the root crops anyway as you seem to have the perfect soil for them. I did the same thing last year, digging in horse dung at this time and then finding out that manure causes them to fork. They turned out fine apart from the odd few that forked. If the dung is 5+ it may not be that strong and will be well rotted so at least it will do the strcture good. I tried growing my carrots in toilet roll tubes and they didnt fork

 

If its 5 years old you should be fine. And there is only one way to find out !