Broadfork

No dig allotment holder in the UK (9a). Concerned about our climate. I try to boost biodiversity above and below ground using a mix of permaculture, regenerative agriculture and biodynamic gardening practices with home made compost and amendments. Boxer dog owner. Anxiety sufferer. Vegetarian. Hate billionaires and governments.

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My header is a picture of crimson clover. Avatar is a compost thermometer.

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2024-09-27 12:52:10 UTC

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It is a gem of a place and it does show what can be done on poor soil and without animal manures.
Although no dig and green manures do a brilliant job suppressing them, I do want weeds around, particularly in early spring for their value for pollinators.
I try to use as many cover crops/green manures as I can in the mix for biodiversity and variations in root depths and leaf sizes, heights and shapes.
For autumn/winter I’ll have ryegrass, crimson clover, winter tares vetch, forage pea, winter spinach, mustard sown August/September and field beans sown late October. Winter oats too but I didn’t have any seed this year.
In spring or early summer I can add buckwheat, alfalfa, bird’s foot trefoil, white clover, red clover, fenugreek, fodder radish and phacelia.

2024-09-23 10:06:31 UTC

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I’ve been banging my head against this sort of thing for a while. Much of the behaviour is habitual and generational.

2024-09-23 08:17:28 UTC

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That does sound much more hospitable. Just having somewhere warm will help during the colder days.

2024-09-18 04:19:22 UTC

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Italian ryegrass, crimson clover, forage pea, winter tares vetch and white mustard mostly. With a smaller amount of winter spinach, broadleaf clover, westerwolths rye, daikon radish, forage rye.

2024-09-18 03:57:49 UTC

Making progress with the growing beds. Harvesting, clearing, finding the paths again and sowing green manures.
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2024-06-24 20:03:22 UTC

A local sycamore tree had to come down so we had a delivery of some mulch from our friendly tree surgeon today. #Compost #Compostodon #Mulch #GreenManures #Gardening #Allotment
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