Reply To: New Beds and Planting Immediately

[dominicjames]

Hi Christine

Yeah I’ve decided on a mix of bags and horse manure .

I found a good supplier of horse manure , organic based here in Ireland . Gee up . It’s 145 a tonne. A bit pricey but what can you do.

I built some compost bins a few weeks ago. We have a pony so we will use his manure for next season, we just started a bit late so I will have to buy some in to get started .

Oh we were very lucky with our oily tunnel. It was given to us for free. A friend had one at his dad’s house and had no use for it , so said we could have it.

It’s a nice size 15 X 26 feet . So I’m just in the process of getting it erected.

Hopefully I’ll have it up in the next few weeks. There isn’t much soil depth where I’ve put it so I’ll have to do raised beds .

I’ll remove the wood though next year .

The cost of all the news beds etc … Is something I don’t want to think about

But I’m justifying it by telling myself it’s for years to come and the yeild of veg and beauty of flowers etc will more than make up for it

You should look at YouTube to see how you can make a poly tunnel with cheap materials .

It’s quite easy and inexpensive . Eventually I’ll do another one like this .

If you look up bealtaine cottage the woman has made her own and she’s had it for I we 10 years !!

Dominic