glallotments

  Regular readers can't fail to have noticed that we have used weed control fabric in a big way this year but we have still had some beds uncovered. Where we have used the fabric it has certainly made a big difference. Some weeding has been necessary in the beds where fabric has been used. Weeds still grow around the edges of the bed where the fabric is tucked into the soil and also in the 'trenches' where plants such as onions and carrots are growing in slits in the fabric rather than individual holes. It doesn't take too long to tidy this up especially after a spell of rain.  Compare this, however to the weed growth on a bed where the fabric wasn't used. After the short spell of recent rain the three sisters' bed was disappearing under a duvet of weeds. These was mainly fat hen, groundsel, chickweed and sow thistle, all of which take over an area at the speed of lightning given the right conditions and half a chance. Not only did the rain trigger the weeds int...