No dig diary, 17th March 2024

No sowing to do today, mostly just tidying up of plants (quite a few brassicas) that are no longer productive and dumping them on the compost heap.

I did however take the time to dig a hole about 300mm deep in my “herb” bed, cut the top and bottom off a twenty litre “jug” that used to contain dairy hypochlorate and sink it into the hole with about 30cm above the ground. Inside the jug I have planted some mint plants that were left over from last year, the idea being that the walls of the jug will stop the roots spreading elsewhere in the bed.

I have more of what I believe to be mint in a couple of pots that somehow started spreading through the beds in the main plot a couple of years back. Last year I transferred some to pots and then attempted to eradicate it completely from the beds.

It isn’t really big enough for a reliable attempt at identification yet, so it can stay in the small pots for a few more weeks. Once I can tell what variety it is I’d decide whether I want to keep it (and do the same again) or heave it onto the compost heap as well.

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