No Dig Cultivation

[bigpaul]

(7 November 2012, 17:12)T-oddity Wrote:

(6 November 2012, 23:31)Tibbs735 Wrote: Build up loads of mulch/compost, then spread that over the plot fairly thick (The worms and other gribblies with digest it all into the ground.)
Dig only the small holes to plant said veggies.
You can also use old carpet and cardboard to suppress weeds.

Personaly I would not use old carpets as a mulch, most modern carpets have a lot of chemicals and preservatives in them and even ones made of natural materials have a nylon mesh as a base for the weave which you end up left in your soil when the rest has rotted away, I've had to square up loads of allotment plots where people have started using carpets as a mulch and then neglected the plot and it ends up being a right nightmare to clear out, stick to plain cardboard or news paper and as Tibbs says loads of compost.

i have used old carpets on the allotment, but not as mulch and then only ones that dont have foam backing, i used them to cover over the beds during the winter or on new beds just prepared before anything is grown in them.