i WATCHED THIS LAST WEEK, iT GOT ME THINKING, GAVE ME A FEW IDEAS ALSO,
This is sort of where I eventually want to go with my allotments...
But saying that anybody with a forest near them could plant food crops and nobody would be any the wiser and it's there when you need it I suppose.
I know its not my own land but I cant afford that so you have to work with what you have. No point worrying about what you havent got!!
I think the idea of planting up the way instead of across is a great idea, Cucumbers ETC can be trained to grow up and rest on little shelves, imagine how much room you could save with other veg
Its amazing what you can achieve with a little ingenuity...
(2 November 2012, 22:58)Prepper1 Wrote: [ -> ]This is sort of where I eventually want to go with my allotments...
But saying that anybody with a forest near them could plant food crops and nobody would be any the wiser and it's there when you need it I suppose.
I know its not my own land but I cant afford that so you have to work with what you have. No point worrying about what you havent got!!
I've been using a no dig method on my allotment for about three years now and it is just about coming right, I do far less work on the allotment now than I used to and get far better crops, I also do a bit of gorilla gardening round my local area and bol's planting up food plants such as burdock, raspberries, apple and cherry trees etc.
I don't introduce non native species, I collect seed to either grow on or just broad cast in my chosen location, I also use forest gardening methods to encourage beneficial plants that are already found locally. I expect only a small proportion of the plants to survive, but I see it as slowly developing an area over a long period of time that could provide me with food and resources if I ever needed it.
For those who are interested in no dig:
http://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/
If you can stand listening to this guy's bible bashing bull shit, there is some interesting information and ideas here:
http://vimeo.com/28055108
Something on forest gardening:
http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/forgndg.html
I could talk about this stuff till the cows come home so if anyone has any questions please ask.
Bit off topic, hope you don't mind.
I had a good sized 30sq m plot full of veg coming up nicely to harvesting time.
Next morning the plot had been stripped and what was not stolen was destroyed, trampled deliberately.
It's good to grow and I still do but please remember that you'll need to protect your investment.
Paul,
Sorry to here about that but it is relevant.
I've heard of it before though. Perhaps some sort of weedkiller added to them for next time to keep the vermin away.
