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Rain: winners and losers - bigpaul - 4 January 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20900662
RE: Rain: winners and losers - Prepper1 - 4 January 2013
Thats what happened on my allotment...
Its at the bottom of a hill, the soils only about a foot deep with clay underneath, so when there's heavy rain it just sits there.
I managed to get another allotment further up the site and a little rain stays but then disappears as the soil is deeper there 2-3 foot before clay so there's more chance this year of a decent crop.
I'm keeping the other floody plot this year to see if I can get some spare top soil for free to build it up.
I could always dig it out and put a trout pond in I suppose if they let me...
RE: Rain: winners and losers - bigpaul - 4 January 2013
(4 January 2013, 13:17)Prepper1 Wrote: Thats what happened on my allotment...thats why we gave up our allotment, completely under water, it only had a couple of inches of top soil and the rest is SOLID ball clay(the whole area is made up of this stuff).
Its at the bottom of a hill, the soils only about a foot deep with clay underneath, so when there's heavy rain it just sits there.
I managed to get another allotment further up the site and a little rain stays but then disappears as the soil is deeper there 2-3 foot before clay so there's more chance this year of a decent crop.
I'm keeping the other floody plot this year to see if I can get some spare top soil for free to build it up.
I could always dig it out and put a trout pond in I suppose if they let me...
RE: Rain: winners and losers - Geordie_Rob - 4 January 2013
(4 January 2013, 19:00)bigpaul Wrote:(4 January 2013, 13:17)Prepper1 Wrote: Thats what happened on my allotment...thats why we gave up our allotment, completely under water, it only had a couple of inches of top soil and the rest is SOLID ball clay(the whole area is made up of this stuff).
Its at the bottom of a hill, the soils only about a foot deep with clay underneath, so when there's heavy rain it just sits there.
I managed to get another allotment further up the site and a little rain stays but then disappears as the soil is deeper there 2-3 foot before clay so there's more chance this year of a decent crop.
I'm keeping the other floody plot this year to see if I can get some spare top soil for free to build it up.
I could always dig it out and put a trout pond in I suppose if they let me...
My old neighbour had an allotment in similar condition. He got huge trailer loads of manure & proceeded to shovel it onto the plot. He reckons it was a good foot thick of manure & left it for the year. He swears the next year it was excellent soil & got the best crops he ever had from gardening.
RE: Rain: winners and losers - Kenneth Eames - 6 January 2013
Prepper 1, You could grow Watercress and other Wetland plants upon it. Two allotments are better than one. Geordie_Rob also has a good suggestion on rejuvenating the soil. A lot of cardboard would help too. It would break down into good compost with much composted green plants. Kenneth Eames.
RE: Rain: winners and losers - Hex - 12 January 2013
could always grow rice
