26th November 2022 - The Big Clear-Up!
The peas are still doing well to the right hand side of the first picture. We have had a nice little crop from them. If we’d have thought to put them in a tad earlier, it would have been much better.
When the manure arrived, we hastily added this orange pallet and the thick metal white-coloured panels in order to prevent overspill onto the terrace and the cold frames (in progress). So we ended up with quite a large pile and it was as long as the 5 metre plot we had built. Pure guesswork but it isn’t the first time things have seemingly turned out well without a lot of thinking beforehand.
Desi is now clearing some of the easier-to-clear things from last year. The Butternuts have all gone, the corn will be next, then we can dig that area. It didn’t take too long to dig that patch once we acquired it back in April, but it will be interesting to see how long it takes us to dig the 3 main plots ready to distribute the manure.
In the next picture the marigold has been uprooted along with any remaining peppers. Time to dispose of anything that is already dead, or won’t survive the winter.
Surprisingly there is still quite a lot of produce going on. Cabbages, parsnips, carrots, swedes, peas, potatoes (just harvesting), parsley, brussels and some radish. Amazing that we are now almost in December and there is plenty of food remaining!
The gooseberries, blackberries and raspberries have received a good dose of manure… they do need some management though next year to inspire them to grow in an orderly fashion. Next spring we’ll be staking this little lot!
