At home, I have a decent vegie patch. It’s had a good summer crop and produced lots and has only just stopped producing recently. Because of this, we haven’t pulled much of the old crops, and have only planted a few broccoli, lettuce, leek, and pea seedlings. Because a lot of the vegie patch is overgrown and has heaps of weeds in it, I’ve decided to take Chris up on one of his suggestions, to cover a plot in mulch and compost and plant broad beans and other legumes. With the mulch and compost it will break down over winter and create a fertile soil along with the legumes it will nitrogen fix the soil, which will create an even more fertile soil ready for a spring crop.
Also, by doing this hopefully it will mean that I wont have to weed the vegie patch, because it will create some sort of a short term, no dig garden with pea straw on top to help insulate the compost make sure that it breaks down quickly ready for spring.
Also, by turning half the vegie patch into a no dig dormant garden, it will give me more of a chance to plan areas for spring, and maintain the outside parts of the vegie patch.
Overgrown Vegie Patch
Basic idea of layering on no dig garden
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