Reply To: Green Manure crops

[John]

Hi Don

Thanks for your comments. I did find one entry for Jan 29 15 where Charles had experimented with mustard green manure. He states “I think there will be almost no green on the stems by early March, when I shall rake them off to compost. Then I need to spread this year’s compost”.

My problem is that I have no compost to spread so I would like to ‘grow’ compost to spread later. I also don’t want to dig in the green manures on the no-dig beds. I also plan to grow comfrey as a crop for the compost heap. Ideally I would like to be able to reduce inputs, namely the farmyard manure, that are not generated from within the plot. I am new to the no-dig approach so am I barking up the wrong tree?

John