Comments on: Builders’ rubble update http://seeingwithneweyes.homeschooljournal.net/2008/01/03/builders-rubble-update/ Discovering together Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:30:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Claire http://seeingwithneweyes.homeschooljournal.net/2008/01/03/builders-rubble-update/#comment-290 Claire Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:57:41 +0000 http://seeingwithneweyes.homeschooljournal.net/2008/01/03/builders-rubble-update/#comment-290 My dh tells me that when new houses are built often someone will come along and offer money for the precious layer of topsoil from the whole building site. Housing companies are gleeful about this as they can substitute any old crap in it's place and then lay some turf over the top - voila, modern instant garden. Maybe it might be worth spending a year not planting veg (or maybe do some great container gardening - there is a load of great info about it out there, my mum has great success in her tiny garden with it - she uses buckets etc, whatever can be found :) )) and do some heavy duty replacing and enriching of soil. Good luck whatever you decide to do with it, I am no expert for sure, planning my own veg plot for the first *real* time this year and it is exciting so I know it would be disappointing not to do it. Claire ( from Tales from Wales blog which is 'on a break' as I dream away my third pregnancy - due in four weeks hurray! I'll get back to the blog soon :) Am enjoying your still! ) My dh tells me that when new houses are built often someone will come along and offer money for the precious layer of topsoil from the whole building site. Housing companies are gleeful about this as they can substitute any old crap in it’s place and then lay some turf over the top - voila, modern instant garden.

Maybe it might be worth spending a year not planting veg (or maybe do some great container gardening - there is a load of great info about it out there, my mum has great success in her tiny garden with it - she uses buckets etc, whatever can be found :) )) and do some heavy duty replacing and enriching of soil.

Good luck whatever you decide to do with it, I am no expert for sure, planning my own veg plot for the first *real* time this year and it is exciting so I know it would be disappointing not to do it.

Claire
( from Tales from Wales blog which is ‘on a break’ as I dream away my third pregnancy - due in four weeks hurray! I’ll get back to the blog soon :) Am enjoying your still! )

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