Sorting out the compost heap

Friday 22nd July
On this early morning visit I set about digging out the last of the compost in the end bin. I loosened some of the compost in the bin to be emptied, ready to shovel it over another time when I had fixed the extension panels in place.
I then sowed a late row of fennel, a vegetable I really enjoy so worth trying to get a crop. Once again I used the trusty cultivator to form a seed bed in a shallow trench as in the photo below.

​Later in the day I persuaded my wife and grandchildren to come down and help with the harvesting. While they picked raspberries and broad beans I fixed in place the compost bin extensions and broke up the remaining contents of the neighbouring bin ready for transfer. We also took home a rather loose 'Spring' cabbage and the first of the Loganberries.

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