a re-think……..

[Stringfellow]

Thanks for your opinion and advice. I’m now considering growing asparagus on a horsetail free patch of my garden at home!!

However, the black plastic idea is probably worth pursuing as a way of reducing horsetail as I continue to work my way across the plot. No-dig is my intended ethos once some of this damn stuff is got out – I would like to get some other vegetables in before 2016!

One last thought – should I remove all vegetation above ground on the ‘black plastic intended area’ before adding the compost layer and then the sheeting? Or will the rotting/ dieing horsetail add to the fertility of the soil over the course of a year under cover of darkness?

Thanks again,

Tris