Winterising the plot.

The first picture below is sadly not of my plot, but of the guy’s near mine. He is retired and has all day to do it. You can see how having the extra time helps when you look at my previous post.

On another note I have been digging over my plot and integrating the horse manure and hops and some of my own compost to enrich the soil and to get it to break down.

The manure as rather fresh so the over wintering will allow it to break down and weather to avoid it burning the crops next year. I could have kept it to dig in in the spring, but I would have to keep it in bags as I’ve nowhere to overwinter it at home or the plot. Plus, the longer you leave it exposed at the plot, the more likely it is to reduce in pile size. By that I mean a lot of people have an eye on it for their own plot. Not that I would accuse any of my fellow plot holders on the site, but there have been a series of break ins on the site and tools and all things gardening/growing have gone missing. A pile of manure is just another draw for the thieves.

I will be going up again soon – not today as it hasn’t stopped raining – to get some sprouts now that we have a had a few good frosts. Instead, today we ate the aubergines I grew in pots. sorry on picture, but it was one of those days when cutting to plate was too fast for the camera.

Anyhow, here is my plot freshly dug over yesterday:

Strangely enough, the beans are not dead yet. Waiting a little longer for them to die away before removing everything.