Polyculture

[Lesleybc]

Thanks for the reply Ros. You make some good points. I have used a similar system when I had a garden and ended up forgetting where I had put things. I suppose I have enough room on the allotment to have a wilder area alongside more regimented rows. I could have a garden in the centre with flowers and a pond and the allotment around the outside. That would stop any shading issues and leave a good area for things like runner beans where I would need stakes. The nice thing is that at the moment there is nothing in situ apart from fruit bushes and composters.