billnorfolk wrote: Well done Stewart you have bin working hard ,looking neat and tidy and enjoying some of the fruits of your labour,nice to see the kids enjoying it.My raised beds are 3mx2m that way if need be you can kneel and plant or weed accross from both sides so i dont walk on them unless i realy need to .Keep an eye at B&Q and such places through the winter for cheap compost ideal for filling them raised beds and any stabels for a free load of horse muck.
You should find things a little easyer next year and planning on where things are going should soon be getting under way ,good luck and looking forward to Julys entry
Thanks Bill. Yeah this year has been a case of clear it and plant as much as we can wherever we can. We will probably sit down in the Autumn and do a proper plan for next year. As well as finishing clearing the plot. Still got a sizeable chunk at c.4m wide by say12-15 metres long to go.
Our raised beds are 4 foot square about. Standard pallet size, 3 boards on each side and piece of recycled timber in the corner. I screwed it all together so they are more sturdy and last better. Got some more pallets in the garage and timber although couple of the pallets may be ear marked for a bench. Going to make the compost heap from scaffold boards so a real sturdy laster of 3 no. 4x4ft bins I hope and any spare planks will probably go into raised beds. Although wife has planted the rest of the corgettes where I was going to put them.
Good idea about the compost. At the moment Asda and our local small garden centre are doing 3 70l bags for £10 so not bad, but cash at premium