This field was prepared by our first set of pigs a few years ago, then harrowed a bit by Pepito but not planted (ran out of time) a year later, then scraped a bit by a tractor and part planted (which the deer ate) the year after that, then double ploughed and double harrowed, rocks removed by hand, hand sown and harrowed again for good measure a few weeks ago. But that's not important right now.
What is important is that the bit nearest the camera on the left had a few tractor buckets of Pepito manure added to it over the first 30 metres or so (that's about 30 yards) and that bit's doing best of all. Plus, that whole left side was sown by Her Outdoors and seems to be doing much better than my half. (The first bit I over-sowed so that doesn't really count.) And we're not quite sure why.
But everything in life is an experiment. We'll be keeping a close eye on this and coming back to the field study from time to time, not least to show Ben and Anna from flirtingwithyurting how their help has helped us.
Merry Christmas by the way.
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Hi hope you all had a good winter solstice all the best for next year
Ps been moving a lot of horse poo around to no it's great stuff the best so I am told just the right % of this and that anything within reason will grow well in it hence what you were saying
Hi Archie - wondered what you'd been up to. Seasons greetings to you and yours - I've a feeling next year is going to be VERY interesting...
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