No dig diary, 3rd November 2021

Such a lovely late summer’s day to be out in the garden in shorts and a t-shirt today. Strange that it’s the third of November ?

Mostly I was weeding the beds, as the mild weather has meant that quite a few have germinated despite the lateness of the year. I also cleared up some of the early fallen leaves (not that there are very many yet) and sycamore keys, but I also took the opportunity to remove yellowing leaves from the brassicas so they’re not encouraging slugs to be snacking overnight. I ended up adding far more stuff to the compost heap than I expected and still have about a bed and a half to go, but the garden is looking quite tidy now. I’m going to have to put some more woodchip down for the paths in places. Where I skimped a bit at the start of the year because I was running short it’s now getting a bit muddy.

Some of my sprouts haven’t taken kindly to the high winds at the tail end of last week and developed quite a lean, so I staked a few of them back upright. I don’t want them collapsing completely and having sprouts on the ground and buried in leaf litter.

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