Posted: Mon Jan 07, 08 1:48 pm Post subject: Crops to break new ground
Well old ground actually.
The end of my garden is a rough overgrown patch which was about to become my veg patch. However as I've cleared it I've discovered that someone in the past has used it to dump no end of building rubble so it's poor compacted soil mixed in with broken bricks, hardcore, iron, chunks of concrete. It's also relatively shaded.
So what would you plant as a first year crop in ground that had been like that?
I'd figured the bit about removing the stones and rocks all by myself
Why sunflowers?
They've got lovely root systems, which grow fast and do a good job of loosening up top soil, and they thrive in ground like that where other things might struggle. They're also pretty and edible (well, kind of, the petals are nice in salad, the seeds have some uses).
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