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Thank you for everyone who has offered up some great advice. You all have some great ideas I can take away.
I have already approached the association with the idea of a leaflet for new plot holders and the idea of shared black plastic. Both ideas went down really well so hopefully we can move forward with those. We have a contact with a farmer who supplies our cow manure so I will be approaching him about his waste black plastic. Hopefully he will be willing to let it go to us, especially if he wants to keep selling us manure!
I already try and lead by example, I have three plots, one is absolutely pristine and entirely weed-free due to following Charles’ excellent advice. The other two are a work in progress, mostly covered in black plastic, card and wood chip. I have lots of work to do with those but I can use them to show what is achievable using a no-dig approach. I will keep you all updated as to how we get on. Thanks.