On 6/5/08 18:03, in article o6GdnThQaKJhE73VnZ2dnUVZ8s-qnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Bob
Hobden" <BobH@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> "Ed" wrote
>> Hey expert gardeners!!
>>
>> I just taken on new allotment which, as expected, is pretty overgrown
with
>> bindweed n couch grass n stuff I don't recognise.
>>
>> So, I started double digging the whole plot to remove as much as
possible
>> of all of these deep rooted perennial nasties.. It will take me until
end
>> of August to complete this.
>>
>> Some people say I should then cover the dug ground with rotted manure
and
>> leave it over winter. Others say I should cover it with compost. But
I
>> don't know the difference between rotted manure and compost?
>>
>> Are they the same thing?
>>
>
> Your only way to get rid of those weeds is using weedkiller, you will
> certainly not dig out Bindweed and I doubt you will overcome the Couch
Grass
> either.
<snip>
Bob, have you used this new weedkiller called Resolva? I speak as one who
does not grow her own food, BTW!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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