Comments on: Tidying, digging and mowing – Claire's Allotment Part 1

By: badsport

badsport — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:57:38 +0000

Started a new allotment in a similar condition just this week – just managed to finish digging one quarter of it, digging an hour or two a day after work. God its boring!!! Looking forward to getting something in the ground – and getting a shed up!! Happy days!!

By: NancyToday

NancyToday — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:20:06 +0000

you’ve done an incredible job there! That’s how I have started all my garden patches, too!

By: Hibbleton666

Hibbleton666 — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:29:39 +0000

good grief ! breaking virgin ground like that is tough ! i’m afraid i’d resort to letting it grow in the spring, strimming it down and then nuking it with glyphosate and then get out the heavy guns , a rotovator ! then i’d consider hand weeding !
Instant Iwo Jima for a plot like that

By: clairesallotment

clairesallotment — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:32:15 +0000

I’ve dug 320 sq metres. I think I’ve done enough now. How are you getting on?

By: clairesallotment

clairesallotment — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:10:08 +0000

Glad you’re finding the videos useful. Excellent with the edging tool they’re great. Enjoy reaping the rewards of your veg patch, and try a few more new seeds next year. A little each year is the key.

By: dundalkfencingcoach

dundalkfencingcoach — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:24:53 +0000

hey claire

you’ve inspired me – been thinking of getting a veg patch, but didnt think i’d know how – your vids have got me off my arse.

dug up some ground like in your vid – put on a raised bed as it is in the garden

what i found was that using an edging tool makes life a lot easier – cut-up your ground in small squares with the edger, then the spade simply (!?) lifts up the soil/grass

starting easy with onions, carrots and beets and following your vids

By: Skyblueginger

Skyblueginger — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:41:07 +0000

Hi Claire. Can ya come n dig mine by any chance?

By: clairesallotment

clairesallotment — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:52:05 +0000

I’ve got some plastic compressing a load of grass at the moment. When I began the soil was soft enough to dig, so there was no need to cover it all. Carpet is also handy for marking out paths, it will biodegrade eventually, but is worth doing.

By: dawnrun911

dawnrun911 — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:33:34 +0000

Mulching with cardboard, plastic, carpet etc for a few months would save your back.

By: clairesallotment

clairesallotment — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:10:31 +0000

Thanks for your comments, and good luck with yours i will enjoy watching your progress. I will be recording more in the new year, and am looking forward to the new planting year, so spring will be very busy. Keep me posted on your progress, maybe we will get tips from each other, the best ideas are ones that you borrow from other people.