Preparing the Vegetable Garden for Broad Beans.
The vegetable garden can be prepared now, for sowing broad beans in November.
When the ground is clear of rubbish and all plant material, it can be covered with a sheet to keep the rain off. The soil will then stay dry enough for planting the seeds.
If the soil is left uncovered it is likely to get wet, and the soil structure is spoilt if it is worked whilst wet. If it does get rained on, the soil may not dry out sufficiently to allow the seeds to be sown in good conditions. Therefore it is worth covering the soil.
