Kitchen Garden Forum

Jenny quoted common sense in a previous posting. But it is not prevailing on our allotments. The main access track on our allotment field is becoming a quagmire, mainly caused by the 4wd brigade I feel, so am having to put a notice up to stop vehicles coming on site until the track dries up and allow the grass to re-grow.

Does anyone else have a similar problem? We have very little funds to change to concrete or skelpings etc, and our central track / entrance area is grass on greasy clay.

Compo

We have the same as you Compo, the main track is grass, so i don't let any motors up there this time of year.
Quite a few years ago someone had some muck delivered about this time of the year, to one of the top plots, there were two six inch tracks and a load of skidding from one end to the other.
I was not amused as i do the mowing over there.

You are lucky to have vehicular access at all! We have to deliver and collect everything by wheelbarrow, down and up a steep slope, respectively. The nearest road is about 300 yards away.The grassy slope is very slippery but we are not allowed to use hardcore, slabs or anything because it's part of agricultural land.

Sorry Monika, I am not usually this sharp, but when I make a thread reply, that adds my experience, I usually have the decency to make reference to the person who has bothered to open the thread in the first place. The general idea is that the originator gains some support or advice.

Thankyou anyway

Thanks very much OH


Compo (PS the track is still impassable and I have banned vehicles......politely of course.

Sorry folks. Didn't mean to upset anybody. On a positive note: you do have quarries in Somerset, I know. Could you not get some quarry bottoms/chippings (our local quarries give them away for good causes, only the transport has to be paid for) to spread on the path? That usually lasts for about a year before it has to be renewed.

Are there any tree surgeons in your area who are busy chopping down lleyandi trees and who have these efficient shredding machines for the debris? They usually have to pay to dump them on a council site somewhere. Maybe they would be prepared to let you have the stuff free of charge. It's not exactly forest bark but if you put enough of it down it might help prevent the muddy quagmire problem.

Excellent suggestions, and thankyou Monika, I was probably a bit sharp back there, will look into both options.

Compo