Great - thank you both very much! I’ve got some small plants grown from seed that are probably a month away from being big enough to plant out without being demolished by slugs, so the timing is fine in that case. And yes it is branded compost in sealed bags from the GC.
Managed to do another couple of sections but the light is fading now so I’ll call it a night. Lots of dead roots coming up. Worth cutting up and composting?
Will post a finished picture for completeness!
There will be a separate thread about hedge care in due course.
I'd leave the roots somewhere in the sun to dry out completely before composting - you never know if couch grass or something else nasty was in there. Excellent progress!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
All done. Not much to look at, but the garden fork now glides through effortlessly and there’s about 300l of manure in there. Will give the entire bed an autumn mulch each year to keep improving the soil.
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Managed to do another couple of sections but the light is fading now so I’ll call it a night. Lots of dead roots coming up. Worth cutting up and composting?
Will post a finished picture for completeness!
There will be a separate thread about hedge care in due course.
Before and after. Time to think about planting!