Thank you all for your advice and suggestions. I may well enquire about testing (and go ahead if it's affordable). In the meantime I'll finish removing debris and then leave the area to the elements (and watering) for a month or so. We're in quite an elevated and exposed location so the delay in pla...

Good points Pa Snip, thank you

Thank you Geoff

Hello to you all I'm new to the forum and pretty new to veg and fruit growing so here goes with my first query (which feels quite fitting to be looking forward to a new season of growing). I have a patch of space (approximately 5 metres by 5 available to me to plant in this season. What is concernin...