Reply To: New raised beds on dug soil

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Do you have any stables nearby? I have been using stable waste to cover my beds. I let it sit for a while before either planting my home grown plug plants in pockets filled with well rotted compost, or if i am sowing direct (spinach/radish etc) I have been covering the sowing area with just over an inch of well rotted compost. It was a bit of an experiment, because I didn’t have enough compost to cover my plot and funds are tight this year. We get the stable waste for free as the stable have to pay for it to be cleared (they deliver it for free). It sits in big heaps near the gate to our allotments. I guess by moving it by wheel barrow to my plot I am turning it. I have been putting a thick layer on my beds then I let it sit for 4-6 weeks. I have been slowly converting my plot this way since the beginning of the year when I discovered this website. I am getting the best results I have ever had.