Gate hung and mesh fixed

Friday 16th December
Having bought the necessary hardware in the morning I came down to the plot in the afternoon to hang the gate I had prepared yesterday. By fixing a plank across the gate posts and fixing the gate to it with a couple of temporary screws, I found hanging the gate went very smoothly and quickly. I just need to fix some mesh to it to keep the rabbits out, though the pallets I used before would hardly have stopped them!

​The front of my plot, with its new gate and neat bags of leaves, is beginning to look fairly smart - but don't look at the back of the plot as it is still a mess of weeds and junk and will have too wait until after Christmas.
As I had half an hour of daylight left I set about fixing the large metal mesh I obtained from InExcess to the second brassica tunnel. Once again the work progressed surprisingly easily. As the light finally failed at about 4.30 I managed to cut through the fine mesh and roll it up and clip it with cable ties so the small birds, like blue tits that love the aphids, can now get in.

Next spring I shall be able to unclip the fine mesh and roll it back down to keep the butterflies and their caterpillars out.
In the semi-darkness I put out some more rat bait as most of it had disappeared but once again none of the traps had been triggered.
​As it was dark, as I left I figured none else would be coming onto the site so I locked the gate.