Reply To: Starting new allotment the no-dig way

[Hazelky]

I got a small plot almost two years ago. It was covered in nettles, thistles and assorted annual weeds. I cut the weeds down, laid cardboard in two layers to exclude light and put compost on top. This was enough to deal with the matted weed layer. The cardboard is now rotted and incorporated. There are weeds, but not the deep rooted ones, just from nearby weedy plots nd easily pulled in regular maintenance. These were new plots and most plotholders are diggers nd there are many more weeds on the diggers plots than the three no dig ones.