Hello Charles, You’re

[mart]

Hello Charles,

You’re wellcome.
Last year I hadn’t heard of you yet and did some experiment by myself which worked quite well. Funniest part was that there must have been quite a lot of seed in the compost/plant material that I put on top of the cardboard as tomato plants just popped out of the ground as did a lot of amaranth. The soil here is clay and rocks, maybe that should be the other way round. It compacts immensly when hot and starts cracking. Basically it is unsuited to grow anything in it as it is. The part I experimented on is producing some stuff and now with your book should work even better.

You are right about the light in winter months I have fantastic spinach and salads and kale though also here development stops somewhere in December. Might also be due to my not fantastic spot lightwise in winter. Can’t remember what production was like in my home country but cabbage and leeks I guess. We do have frosts here which kills a lot of plants in the winter. Last year a huge amount of olive trees got whiped out as well, it can be windy to. I got a tunnel to protect plants from strongest cold winds. Problem is buildup of water on the plastic which drips on the plants and then when it freezes…….

Anyway I’ll try to ul some pictures somewhere so you can see the setup and order the winter boo, they have at at the new amazon.it which saves in postage.
Sorry to hear about the book deals. I think there is a market for good info here though finances of people are tight and they are very stuborn. ‘We have always done it like this etc…..’ Also frightening the amount of chemicals, which they call ‘medicine’ they use. Lots of people don’t sow their own stuff, they buy readymade plants which to me don’t produce the most tastefull fruit and leaves. This year grafted plants are al the rage, costing an eye popping 6€ a pop.

Btw a question you write in your book you discovered putting cardboard on top works better, I wonder why and how do you keep it in place?
Saluti,
Mart