Grow your own vegetables
1. choose site
2. decide what crops to grow
3. plan rotation
4. design site to fit rotation - make strips & walkways
5. prepare soil
 remove weeds
 dig soil
 add compost, sand etc to improve soil structure
 add FYM & compost to enrich soil
nb. do not walk on soil - it will compact it, break down structure & reduce drainage (work from walkways)
CHEATS
1. use polytunnels to control moisture levels, increase warmth & keep out pests
2. use netting (wondermesh) to keep out pests ( birds, carrot fly, greenfly, cabbage whites etc)
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