Compost Corner

We shifted eight large bags of compost this afternoon !

The compost was cleared from the bin in our garden and taken down to the patch where some of it was spread and dug into the areas we have cleared for our Autumn sown broad beans, peas and shallots. The remainder was dug into the area we have allocated for sowing onion seeds in the Spring and then covered with black plastic sheeting to keep the weeds down.

The last of the celery has been cleared away and left for the pigs to feed on. We have decided against growing this again next year as the returns are not commensurate with the amount of effort needed to produce a crop.

By contrast, our celeriac crop is looking really good and we will be harvesting this before the first frosts and then storing them for use over the Winter months.

Also looking good are the late-sown broad beans. The courgettes are still producing and the late-sown carrots appear to have avoided the dreaded carrot root fly. Cabbage, kale, leeks, winter radish and parsnips will remain in the ground to be harvested through until early Spring.