A new beginning for 2024?

It has been a long time since my last posting! There have been a few issues, caused partly by my wife's hospital stays for sepsis, then a minor stroke and my hospital visit following a collapse from blood poisoning. That resulted in both of us catching Covid for the first time in the epidemic, but fortunately the last vaccination meant only a minor infection.
Last season was not the most productive and I am aware the bindweed overwhelmed some parts of the plot, especially the fruit! Compost and 'leafmould' heaped round the plot is ready to spread as a mulch and I've started digging along the boundary fence to remove the bulk of the bindweed and laying down a thick layer of woodchip to try to reduce regrowth. While trying to be 'No Dig' I'm probably best described as being 'Minimum Disturbance' (as per an article in this month's Kitchen Garden p49)!
However, the autumn plantings of garlic, shallots and onions seem to be coping and there are still some leeks and sprouting broccoli to harvest as well as some self sown chard/leaf beet. Trees are pruned but I'm already behind with my sowing programme if I am to follow Charles Dowding (of No Dig fame).