Author Topic: What's best to plant post piggy? (Read 1858 times)

onnyview · « **on:** January 21, 2012, 09:20:36 pm »

I am about to liberate a small paddock from a batch of store pigs that will be taking their final trip. What I would love to do now is take back the area from earing pigs and turn it into a permanent veggie patch. After I have turned the soil is there anything that would cope with the rich soil best?

Allison

HappyHippy · « **Reply #1 on:** January 22, 2012, 08:19:46 am »

Not roots - carrots, parsnips etc don't tend to do so well in freshly manured ground so avoid them

I always reckon you can't go wrong with tatties

They grow in pretty much anything and break up the soil as they grow and as you harvest them.
HTH
Karen

Dan · « **Reply #2 on:** January 22, 2012, 08:23:37 am »

Yes, agree with Karen, potatoes are the thing. We had our best ever crop of pink fir apple immediately after pigs one year.

Fleecewife · « **Reply #3 on:** January 22, 2012, 12:07:15 pm »

Yep - tatties

If that would mean that you will be overwhelmed with the things, then big brassicas would be fine too, once the soil has compacted a bit. In fact most veggies will be fine if the pigs have been off the ground for a few months, but just as HH says no carrots, parsnips and so on which go mad with too much fresh manure.

Mel Rice · « **Reply #4 on:** January 22, 2012, 12:10:46 pm »

Yep asgree with above ...also a bean crop, salads etc Squashes love lots of manure (my friend grows hers on last years muck heap!)

darkbrowneggs · « **Reply #5 on:** January 22, 2012, 12:17:09 pm »

Best cauliflowers I ever grew were after pigs. If I said they were bigger than a football I would not be exaggerating, and wonderful flavour too.

onnyview · « **Reply #6 on:** January 22, 2012, 06:01:55 pm »

Tattie's and brassicas it is then! Just need to coral the chickens to stop them scratching out the seedlings and I'll be away!

Thanks for the advise everyone.