Ok, thanks Dove. I think I read to put fresh on the veg bed once it's empty ready for next year?? Although maybe not.....confusing, I will have to find my manure thread again Anyway, well rotted for the rhubarb it is
Yes, you can dig the ground over, spread the manure and then let the winter weather and the worms do their job. But don't put it where you're going to plant root crops the following year - it makes them fork.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
well if you are all finished with the different food ideas how about rhubarb wine mind if made to the correct old fashioned recipient it is very strong tastes great not too much as can act as a laxative and can give headache next day .Thus no waste of effort no waste of rhubarb and a good time had by all. ( many surplus vegetable items can make some very good headaches )
Look for the book Drink your own Garden by Judith Glover - available on Amazon last time I looked - the simplest and clearest book about home wine making that there is.
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Yes, I'll give mine another feed of Fish Blood & Bone in a week or so, and another in the autumn before I mulch it with manure.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm safe to use FBB on my veg patch as the hounds can't get to it and dig everything up!!
Do you use rotted manure Dove or fresh? I have a local supply of both now.
Well rotted, always!
Fresh needs to be rotted down stacked in a clamp or added to the compost heap - depending on quantity
I never put fresh manure anywhere near plants - it can burn them.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ok, thanks Dove. I think I read to put fresh on the veg bed once it's empty ready for next year?? Although maybe not.....confusing, I will have to find my manure thread again
Anyway, well rotted for the rhubarb it is 
Yes, you can dig the ground over, spread the manure and then let the winter weather and the worms do their job. But don't put it where you're going to plant root crops the following year - it makes them fork.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove, already planning next year so I won't
well if you are all finished with the different food ideas how about rhubarb wine mind if made to the correct old fashioned recipient it is very strong tastes great not too much as can act as a laxative and can give headache next day .Thus no waste of effort no waste of rhubarb and a good time had by all. ( many surplus vegetable items can make some very good headaches )
Look for the book Drink your own Garden by Judith Glover - available on Amazon last time I looked - the simplest and clearest book about home wine making that there is.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.