Sue H has passed us the following request:
I have just taken on an allotment and can’t dig it all in one go! Does anyone have any old carpet or black plastic to spare or to borrow? My number is 334.
Tuesday May 31, 2011 by Blog Team
Sue H has passed us the following request:
I have just taken on an allotment and can’t dig it all in one go! Does anyone have any old carpet or black plastic to spare or to borrow? My number is 334.
I have heard cautionary tales regarding the use of carpet as a mulch on allotments. Some allotments do not allow them. Beware chemical dyes leaching out and foam breaking down quite quickly. Perhaps neutral shades of carpet with no foam backing are the way forward? Good luck with the digging!
Thanks Helen – very interesting. In the meantime I’ve had 2 extremely kind offers of black plastic from Mike R and Robert B so am totally sorted. Many thanks. This blog just keeps coming up trumps!
I would help with digging, but you know what we urban chicks are like! But I’m coming up to inspect very soon!