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Pondering....
Of course, what we could do is move the veg bed to the new patch of usable garden, which would mean that I could go back to having an actual flower bed to look at in the back garden, and mean that I walk past the veg three or four times a day and so am more quick to spot problems / incipient marrows, *and* put the veggies into The Duck Zone, where they'll benefit from slug patrol....
And we don't tend to grow much or any winter veg, because frankly we get enough cabbage and kale in the veg box, so it also means we can cover it over in winter which will help to kill off any remaining bits of ground elder (the areas mostly been covered one way or another for the last few years, but there are still bits of the stuff around the edges).
Probably work best if we terrace it, as it's on a slope, and if you use railway sleepers then they're wide enough that you can walk on them rather than compacting the ground....
[messages Jobbing Farmer with a vague enquiry and gets the reply "We can do anything!"]
Edit: But, after he came around to have another look, he reckons it would be very tricky (because pipes and cables), and anyway that we won't have a problem with the soil sliding downhill. We're going to plant it up this year and see how it goes: we can always do terraces next winter!
And we don't tend to grow much or any winter veg, because frankly we get enough cabbage and kale in the veg box, so it also means we can cover it over in winter which will help to kill off any remaining bits of ground elder (the areas mostly been covered one way or another for the last few years, but there are still bits of the stuff around the edges).
Probably work best if we terrace it, as it's on a slope, and if you use railway sleepers then they're wide enough that you can walk on them rather than compacting the ground....
[messages Jobbing Farmer with a vague enquiry and gets the reply "We can do anything!"]
Edit: But, after he came around to have another look, he reckons it would be very tricky (because pipes and cables), and anyway that we won't have a problem with the soil sliding downhill. We're going to plant it up this year and see how it goes: we can always do terraces next winter!