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Thanks for your response Charles. We still can’t get on ours but other plot holders have been digging to try and dry out the soil and there are still worms at least . In previous years we grow ok veg but nothing does really well , even with copious amounts of manure. I have just got some rock dust to use so that might make a difference. Our fruit trees are in bud so don’t seem affected. Our strawberries, gooseberries and raspberries normally recover but this is the longest time they have ever been under so much water. It goes to show that these plants are more resilient than we think they are, at least they haven’t been frozen as well! I’ll let you know how we get on.

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I have used 20mm conduit from screwfix for our cloches. Available in black or white it costs £8.70 for 10 lengths of 2m. I screwed in metal bracket things to hold it in place but you could also use bits of bamboo inserted into the ends. If you cover it in plastic try and get the plastic inside the bed so that any water that evaporates goes back into the soil where it is needed . If you buy more than 10 it costs even less.

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Hello, I am new to this forum. We have a small allotment (more queries with that later!), and we are going to trial no-dig gardening having read Charles’ book from cover to cover. On the subject of module trays, I use ones from a local nursery that ‘grow on’ plug plants. They get their plugs in them, and they vary in plug size from really tiny to about 5cm across. There are about 84 cells to each one.They are stacked in a huge pile at the back of one of the glasshouses and customers help themselves! They are very rigid and sturdy and I think they will last for years. They have a hole in the bottom of each cell that I cover with a little square of card before adding compost. This can easily be pushed out at planting time.
I suggest if you have a similar nursery near you to try them.

Am eagerly awaiting new book, could do with it now!

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