Allotment advice - large bed
Hello, I have had my allotment for a couple of years but frankly have neglected it really. It is actually tiny, and due to this I turned the majority of it in to one long bed, that is about 7m x 3m. It is clay soil - there are some big clumps of clay, although most of it is actual soil rather than clay. I have a few questions, that I can’t really seem to get answers for…..
I thought one large bed would maximise the space. But now I’m worried that I will be impacting the ground when I am on it as I will have to be to sow, water etc. will this be ok? What can I do to reduce this?
The soil has lots of big clumps. Not of clay so much, more just big clumps of soil. Should I taking this to break it up, or something else?
I have a personal horse manure factory. I know I should just be able to heap it in a pile until it’s rotted, but I kind of want to contain it somehow. Any suggestions for this?
Thanks, I am really hoping that this will be my first successful allotment year!