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hi ya, hi ya plot is 6ox30ft it slightley slopes to the south east most traditionel gardeners tell us to plant north to south, i have a choice of long beds going n-s or a serias of short beds running east to west what would be the better, i have aquired a large quanterty of well rotted horse manure mainly a mix of dung and shavings it is like peat in texture, i intend to start the beds this weekend ……..pete
I have a similar plot laid out with 8ft wide beds running east to west, with veg growing across the beds running north to south. If you did that you could end up with 7 x 8ft beds. This would also help with rotation.
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North-south is ideal but actually matters only when you grow tall vegetables which, on east-west beds, can then shade plants to the north.
I suggest laying out beds for the most convenient access, whatever orientation, because you need to enter all pathways easily. Also I always run beds up and down a slope and not across it, so that compost and water do not roll down off the beds. At Lower Farm I am lucky that both criteria result in north-south beds, but I do have a successful eat-west polytunnel!
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