[NigelParticipant]

Steve,
I’ve bought Charles’s Vegetable Course and started reading it, Vegetable Garden and Winter Vegetables. They should keep me going for a while!

Last year I read quite a bit on Permaculture and expect I will see where ideas and ideals are likely to be complimentary.

Nigel.

[NigelParticipant]

Gerry,
Thanks for that as I didn’t think of the bike shop for cardboard.

I was wondering if I could get away with gravel board as it is cheaper than even used scaffolding boards.

I fully realise there is going to be some expense to start with but I am now in for the long haul and a 5 x 3 metre polytunnel arrived this morning. I have also ordered a greenhouse and shed. There is no water supply on the allotment so they will both have guttering and water butts as well as being used for the obvious.

My wife has also ordered me to grow some “flowers for cutting” so I won’t just be growing vegetables and soft fruit. Looking forward to the allotment life as it appears where I’ve got mine there is a great community spirit.

Nigel.

[NigelParticipant]

Thanks Steve.

Nigel.

[NigelParticipant]

Thanks for the advice. Now another question. My site is basically North-South. Should my beds be aligned North-South to get the sun as it crosses the sky, or, East-West so that the crops will face South?

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