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my plot was also cover in brambles docks bindweed ect ,i just coverd it in a 1ft layer of grass clippings , i have an unlimited supply, now it is a tilth worthy of planting in to with no weeds hardly coming through, but i will put a 2inch layer of manure on first to feed the soil ready for next spring, grass clippings do smell a bit and go mushy but cover the weeds deep enough and leave it to the worms,it does the job

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hi adding to the questins above iwas told there would be to much nitrogen in the mixture of leaves and grass,it is being used initialy for weed clearance then stable manure on top, of course i would like to grow in the beds this year what do you think would do well in this mixture befor i get the stable manure?………..pete

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ifind a narrow bladed trenching spade the best tool for digging docks out of the ground,you can get right down to the bottom of the tap root and then lever them out its the best tool for the job i have found so far ………..pete

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hi ya i just found instuctions of how to make mushroom compost, it seems an excelerated way of making compost with straw horse manurec and or deep litter chicken manure, hope it is not to rich for vegys, apparently it is ready in 3-4 weeks, just right for spreading on the beds at the end of januery.

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hi ya i am new to this no dig method my self, on our allotment site you see all sorts of things people use for raised beds, decking boards, plastic facia boards, scaffold boards, railway sleepers, concrete fence posts ect ect, some look tidy, but at the end of the day no boards is best as what ever you use will atract slugs and snails …………pete

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hi ya, my local riding school sells large bages of manure for £1, it is well rotted wood shavings and manure, a few plot holders have advised against it why ? i have found that 6 bags cover a 8ft x 4 ft bed, is this manure ok or should i look for a supply with staw in it………pete

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HI YA PAUL UK, i to have a plot that was done in the tradditionl way i had read some were as regards no dig gardening were as you put layers of newspaper down then cover with compost,i had an area that i could not cultivate for a while so i done as advised above, no weeds of any signeficant have grown there, my courgets are growing happely ther at the mo and still no weeds, then i found this website WWW. CHARLESDOWDING.CO.UK, wich has confirmed what i had read some were, and what an eye opener this site is charles certinly knows his stuff,……..pete

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thanks charles, i will chop and compost them an as you say there will be plenty of other matter to go with them this time of year, when i got home from the plot earlier i was tired and was thinking the lazy way and leave the weads were they are, i shall go down there with a fresh train of thought and compost them in the right maner lol………pete

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thanks charles, just need to calculate how mutch compost i need for my growing beds,i thought as its been a bad year on my plot growing veg the trad way i would cut my loses and prepare early for next year,i had good results with spuds 1earlys runner beans are doing well courgets lettuce and carrots, but the brasicas are not doing so good, onions and garlic were ok, in hind sight i think i turned all the good soil over, so in theory all the goodnes is at the bottom, you live and learn…….pete

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