wide beds

[jonesy]

Hi Charles
was just looking at your pictures of your beds at homeacres .They look quite wide.do you walk on them alot when planting.was thinking of having 3 foot wide beds x 3 going across my allotment,but if you can get away with walking on them i might go for 5 foot wide beds x 2 with a single path between them running the whole length of the allotment.

thanks
glen

[charles]

Yes I have some five foot beds to reduce paths, and also some three foot ones, and four foot! The wider beds are a bit cumbersome when picking lettuce for example, but it is fine to walk on them, not too much and not when sodden. But for peas, Brusse;s etc I like narrower beds, they feel more manageable. 

[Beth]

Charles, do you keep the width of your beds the same or do you change bed width depending on what you’re planting? 

If you change it, then are you putting manure and compost on the paths as well regularly?

 

[charles]

Yes my first comment was a little vague: I do keep the same beds and pathways all the time. So climbing beans for example go along a 3 foot bed, or across a four or five foot bed, which then means some walking on the bed to pick them.

All bed widths are possible, its more a question of what you feel most comfortable with. And I think its easier to keep the same beds, same paths.

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