Replenishing soil for crops

If you are using the same ground year after year yields and crop quality tends to go backwards. If you have only the one small patch you need to rotate the different crops yearly. Plant your potatoes in a different part each year as well as onions, carrots and brassicas. Dig the ground in the Autumn and leave it exposed for the Winter. This will help to reduce the weeds, as you can pick most out as you dig, and again in Spring.

In order to improve the quality of your soil, and so your crops, you need lots of organic material; well rotted homemade or quality bagged farmyard manure should be dug in before planting in Spring. If you repeat this year after year the soil structure and fertility will be improved and the weeds will reduce, leaving you with bigger healthier crops.