tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post8396704180500966738..comments2023-09-29T10:04:33.858+01:00Comments on Roger Brook - the no dig gardener: Crop Rotations discussedRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-13233788595954467322014-10-01T15:52:52.531+01:002014-10-01T15:52:52.531+01:00A very different garden to mine, Helene but that ...A very different garden to mine, Helene but that is the joy of gardening! Thank you for your detailed response.<br />I always think of a mulch as a cover on the soil surface but this is not true when gardeners mulch with compost or manure it is with the intention that the worms will drag it into the soil. <br />It can be the same with materials such as bark and I imagine your frequent replantingRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-70447139258212043712014-09-30T21:35:20.264+01:002014-09-30T21:35:20.264+01:00I had to think back….I don’t think I have actually...I had to think back….I don’t think I have actually made a post about using bark mulch, but I have mentioned it many times on my blog, and in my comments on other people’s blogs. I understand there are strong views for and against, those against feeling that bark mulch firmly belongs at roundabouts and not in gardens, and also that the smell of freshly laid bark mulch is too much like a lumber HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-24434325198214215752014-09-25T07:10:16.411+01:002014-09-25T07:10:16.411+01:00Gosh 60 sq m! Looking at the masses of lovely plan...Gosh 60 sq m! Looking at the masses of lovely plants on your blog one would have not thought your garden was so small.<br />I bet with such a glorious jungle you just have to pull the odd weed out when you stroll round rather than set out to weed! I am sure you don't let any seed.<br />Fascinating how repeated addition of bark mulch has transformed your soil. In a way it is sounds like real Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-4834170659299375152014-09-25T01:49:04.953+01:002014-09-25T01:49:04.953+01:00An interesting post, but for me personally crop ro...An interesting post, but for me personally crop rotation is just something I have read about. I don’t have an allotment and my tiny 60m2 garden is filled to the rafters with plants. I don’t do weeding very often, hardly ever, I don’t have to, the bark mulch in all the beds and the plants in them make sure there isn’t much chance for weeds to grow. The soil is lovely after 12 years of topping up HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-51384132265647190012014-09-23T14:02:37.329+01:002014-09-23T14:02:37.329+01:00Not quite my antithesis, he was very keen on effic...Not quite my antithesis, he was very keen on efficient weed control. When I got past the pop star on my google search to refresh my memory I was interested that the great early agronomist was also a musician - an organ player in his youth and used his knowledge of the working of musical instruments when he designed his horse drawn sowing machine and mechanical hoe.<br />Apparently he was also Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-63943258922157903272014-09-22T13:57:15.117+01:002014-09-22T13:57:15.117+01:00Interesting post as always Roger, I no longer grow...Interesting post as always Roger, I no longer grow any vegetables but I know the local allotment holders that I am involved with seem to have a very varied attitude towards crop rotation with little difference in results other than when a specific disease is present. Now......."Turnip" Townsend, wasn't he a contemporary of your antitheses Jethro Tull? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-9700394948479394532014-09-18T08:39:13.138+01:002014-09-18T08:39:13.138+01:00Thank you, SueThank you, SueRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-48927445591568313062014-09-18T07:53:40.947+01:002014-09-18T07:53:40.947+01:00We only have club root in certain areas - or seem ...We only have club root in certain areas - or seem to have, We seem to get away with some plants but cauliflower and sprouts suffered most - maybe as they are hungry feeders any root problem affects them more, It's these two plants that we grow some club root resistant varieties of and the have worked well. If put club root in the search boxes (side bar) of mine and Martyn's blogs the Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-29270879494322041892014-09-18T07:21:49.962+01:002014-09-18T07:21:49.962+01:00Morning Sue
Just to take you up on clubroot resist...Morning Sue<br />Just to take you up on clubroot resistant varieties. I have no experience of these (not having clubroot!).I expect you have blogged about them, perhaps you could send us a link?<br />I would be interested to hear of your experiences as In the case of carrots (Carrot fly) and potatoes (Blight) I have heard less than flattering reports.Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-3737462615513927432014-09-17T15:33:24.303+01:002014-09-17T15:33:24.303+01:00Yes I think for many gardeners a new virgin plot w...Yes I think for many gardeners a new virgin plot would be the best thing. It would certainly be true for Dave!<br />I think if I was offered an overgrown allotment not cropped for ten years and full of brambles and nettles I think I would rather take it than some already pristine plot that has been mismanaged. But then I have glyphosate and won't be digging it and I am patient!<br />I Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-53922306431024366212014-09-17T14:44:37.470+01:002014-09-17T14:44:37.470+01:00I noticed your fennel on your open day - fantastic...I noticed your fennel on your open day - fantastic! We do a loose rotation but as you say, most plots are too small to put off any self respecting pest or disease. Our runner beans have been in the same place for years mainly because they grow up a set of scaffolding poles that we have only moved once in 25 years. One could argue that if the soil conditions are right and the crop is good why Pauline Littlehttp://www.littlegarden.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-14215560704137804242014-09-17T07:36:20.980+01:002014-09-17T07:36:20.980+01:00Thanks for your supporting comments Robert. Yes my...Thanks for your supporting comments Robert. Yes my (rather scruffy) vegetable garden is a little bigger - about 200 sq.m which is still less than a standard allotment plot in the UK. Many allotments now are allocated in half sizes these days. Just for the record for new readers the Rolls Royce timber yard pictured is not mine!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-6935051610597198352014-09-17T00:59:41.069+01:002014-09-17T00:59:41.069+01:00Roger--you make some very good points. I had come ...Roger--you make some very good points. I had come to the same conclusion for a slightly different reason. Most gardens are nothing like the one you picture. Many are no more than 20 - 40 sq M. Moving a plant from one end to another will do very little to confuse pests and diseases. <br /><br />Proponents of square foot gardening--some as small as 1 sq M, also recommend rotation--that is dumb.<br Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426525045722593211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-36292952061785979662014-09-16T13:43:54.595+01:002014-09-16T13:43:54.595+01:00And you a teacher!
When I sowed my first vegetable...And you a teacher!<br />When I sowed my first vegetables when I was 13 in Hartlepool and sowed turnip seed and they came up as - well turnips, I discovered that what I knew as turnips were swedes! <br />I think there might be a kerfuffle about the difference in Scotland at the moment?<br />Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-29181149749149667482014-09-16T09:38:21.089+01:002014-09-16T09:38:21.089+01:00I must live n a bubble as I haven't heard of T...I must live n a bubble as I haven't heard of Turnip Townsend and never think of a swede as a turnip. Maybe I'm not far enough north. We beaten you to it with enviromesh though we've used it for years.<br /><br />We have a lip service rotation plan too and tend ti move things around avoiding planting brassicas in club root beds although we do now grow some good clubroot resistant Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.com