Allotment Garden

I dug over the pea and bean bed.  It had become very overgrown with weeds and the second sowing of peas was not a success.  I had harvested ...

As soon as all the peas have been taken, I take the pea plants out and dismantle the supports. This leaves a large area of bare soil. Ba...

Grazing rye green manure  I have tried many different green manures. Several of the allotmenteers around my allotment first decided to ...

I have been religiously rotating crops for about 30 years now without really questioning it properly. There is some indication that crop ...

I have been using grazing rye as a green manure for several years now. My soil is mostly a sandy clay and obviously fairly easy to work once...