26 Nov - Lovely Autumn Day

Not too much happening on the plot - no surprise given the growing season I've had coupled with the time of year.

All of a sudden, virtually overnight, the leaves have dropped from many of the trees and Autumn gold is turning to bronze on those leaves which have managed to cling on for a few more weeks . 

I've had a bit more of a tidy up and the remaining spent beds cleared of crops and weeds. They've been covered for the Winter. Only one bed remains now, it contains some stunted sprout plants, useless for me but will be hen food in Winter, parsnips and a few January King cabbages.

That's it for November and probably the season too. See you next year. Bye.

13 Sep - Friday The 13th !!

It's Friday 13th, not that I'm too worried about having bad luck today because, as you know if you have read my previous posts, this year has been unlucky throughout. Anyway, I've continued to tidy up the plot. 

I've had a weed around the brassicas, not much there to be honest apart from a few Winter cabbages (January King). I'm keeping the stunted and under-developed sprouts in the ground because the leaves will provide some much needed greenery for the hens in January and February when the grass is gone. Chicken food is all they are fit for.

I've finally admitted to myself that the squashes have had it, apart from a few small butternuts, the crop didn't materialize this season so I've cleared the beds, dug them over and covered them with my plastic covers. Out of sight, out of mind. The same goes for the potato bed, all finished so dug over and covered until next year.

That's it really, so bye for now.