On mothers day we went to view and choose our new allotment. Its wonderful we have lots of fully grown fruit trees. We have been down there several times a week. The plot was previously very overgrown, so the allotment society plowed it before we took it on. We read lots of permaculture articles that said that soil does not like to be bare and nature will respond by covering the soil with weeds to protect the soil microbes. Also by ploughing the weeds will be cut into small pieces that will create more weeds than was originally there. We covered what we can in cardboard and laid straw, pallets etc to weigh the cardboard down.
