Re: rotation in the garden

"FarmI" <ask@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "0tterbot" <spl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> have realised what my problem is re rotating the garden beds in an 
>> organised manner:
>
> I try to do at least a two year rotation, but in my garden, my
sloppiness 
> doesn't seem to have had any ill effects.  I have read somewhere that if

> you garden organically, it isn't vital to rotate, but who the hell knows

> if that is true.

maybe not AS vital? i'm sure a good rotation would be better, but unsure
how 
to introduce it now (especially with the brassica preponderance).

it does sound logical that if i keep adding as much poo & mulch (& now 
compost as it is really getting going in bulk now!!) that the effects of 
being a bit slack & disorganised will be somewhat ameliorated :-)

> In our case we only have 3 areas whihc I would call 'beds' and then
there 
> is all the side stuff and permanent beds and areas still being brought 
> into good heart before they become beds.  The tomatoes start in the bed
at 
> the bottom of the hill and then over subsequent years move to the next
bed 
> up the hill and then start at the bottom of the hill in the lowest bed 
> again. Same with corn.  The poor old spuds have got a permanent bed and
so 
> far no problems.  The reason why it's permanent is that we can never 
> harvest them all and then when they come up, it tends to be a busy time,

> we don't get tot hem and by the time we do get to them to actually do 
> soemthing with their area, we don't have the heart to dig them up.  Will

> have to do something there soon though.

i have that live-&-let-live attitude to the potatoes as well. which,
because 
i'm _trying_ to rotate them, seems to mean random potato plants
everywhere. 
errr!!!!
thanks for the encouragement.
kylie