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I thought I should update you on how well this plan worked! If you remember it was going to be 3 rows of beds, each 13' long by 2'6" wide. with a path between the rows. Each bed would be divided into 2'6" squares - so 5 beds in each row.
It started well with 2 x broad bean squares in the first row. Then, because I hadn't cleared the adjacent beds properly I planted onions going in the wrong direction which threw out the rest of the beds! For some reason known only to the powers that be, my next rows ended up paralleling the onions, not the broad beans and the nominal paths were lost. Then some calendula self seeded in the wrong place and I couldn't bring myself to dig them up.........and so it went on. The best laid plans went AWOL.
I've been clearing this bed today (its VP5) and I want to strip it out completely and start again and try to do it properly next year. Don't hold your breath.
It started well with 2 x broad bean squares in the first row. Then, because I hadn't cleared the adjacent beds properly I planted onions going in the wrong direction which threw out the rest of the beds! For some reason known only to the powers that be, my next rows ended up paralleling the onions, not the broad beans and the nominal paths were lost. Then some calendula self seeded in the wrong place and I couldn't bring myself to dig them up.........and so it went on. The best laid plans went AWOL.
I've been clearing this bed today (its VP5) and I want to strip it out completely and start again and try to do it properly next year. Don't hold your breath.
The Moneyless Chicken says:-
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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