Show threadBroadforkOct 19

@naturalgardensdave It’s all looking really good. I have to limit the quantity of mustard in my green manure mixes as they are quickest to germinate and can take over some of the others.

When the mustard has been knocked back by the frosts I find the hollow stalks that remain are great wintering habitat for the ladybirds. I leave the stalks in the ground until I use them to mulch the potatoes in April. #GreenManures #CoverCrops #NoDig #Mulch

BroadforkSep 30
My old plot is still mostly looking after itself. Everything’s been harvested. There’s just a little weeding and sowing of green manures to do and it’ll be all set for winter. #Gardening #NoDig #Allotment #GreenManures #NoBareSoil @allotments
BroadforkMar 15, 2025
The greenhouse full of soil blocks. It’s sow time. #GrowYourOwn #SeedStarting #SoilBlocks #GreenManures #Gardening #Allotment
Show threadBroadforkNov 14, 2024

@feinschmeckergarten Thank you, much appreciated.

I added a thin leaf litter layer to the beds today to finish them off for the year. Now the worms will be even happier.

#GrowYourOwn #NoDig #Mulch #GreenManures #Compost #Gardening #Allotment #SoilHealth #NoBareSoil #CoverCrops

BroadforkNov 13, 2024

Beautiful low autumnal sunshine at the plot today. The growing beds are all sown with green manures and mulched with compost and ready for whatever winter has in store for it this year.

I had some bark fines compost left over from a job which the client didn’t want so that’s a win, win. I was hoping it would be the case.
#GrowYourOwn #GreenManures #CoverCrops #Gardening #Allotment #SoilHealth #Biodiversity #Flowers #Compost

BroadforkNov 10, 2024

The over wintering field beans and broad beans were sown today. The beds inside the fencing will be for harvesting. The other beds are for green manures or may just feed the mice or the muntjac.

The other green manures are doing well, cycling nutrients, feeding the soil biology and improving the soil and water infiltration.
#Gardening #Allotment #NoDig #CoverCrops #SoilHealth #GreenManures #NoBareSoil #RegenerativeAgriculture #Mulch

Show threadpawsforthoughtJan 10, 2023

@graftandspur Yes, ryegrass will over winter here. So far mustard has been the next hardiest. I was hoping the oats would over winter with the rye but they haven’t.

I grow a diverse cover crop mix from Sept and let their biomass cover the ground and feed the soil biology.

As it’s too warm for Jan some clover and phacelia may start to come through now. The only plants I have growing at the moment are the perennials, teasel, ryegrass and the bulbs. #Zone9a #Allotment #CoverCrops #GreenManures