Hi Charles,
Thanks very much for replying. I appreciate it.
I wasn’t too worried about the couch as I know it will go eventually, mainly the tree roots in competition with everything I try to grow which will be on going. Were you recommending trenching and cutting the roots in this situation or not? Sorry, I’m a bit unclear.
My original intention was to water the ground (it’s very dry), spread some compost for the worms etc to take down and then cover the whole lot in woven permeable landscaping fabric till the spring before the majority of the leaves came down. These would then be easier to remove from the fabric to a separate leaf mould enclosure which would hopefully not encourage the slugs to stay on the plot. Are you suggesting that I wait for the leaf-fall, then mulch afterwards with cardboard/compost or get the compost on asap (not sure where I’m going to get that quantity from) then let the leaves/sticks come as they will.
On the subject of compost you seem to use cow manure. Is that because you have a ready supply of it or do you favour cow manure over horse manure? Just wondering. There is a riding stable nearby where I may be able to get some fresh manure for future use though I think they bed on wood chips unfortunately.
Thanks again for your help Charles.
