Still clearing the plot for Spring

I am busy at home finishing off my greenhouse, glazing the frame, so I have little time on the plot. I got an hour or two this morning and concentrated on next year's brassica patch. There are a few weeds growing where the peas and beans grew last year, enriching the nitrogen in the soil. I should have dug it over last autumn but it is too late now as the soil needs to be firm for brassicas. My plan is to clear the weeds and then mulch with horse litter. I shall then plant through the mulch. I shall have to give the soil a good dose of chicken manure to help any plants grow well!


I use the hoe to cut the weeds off then raked up the top growth to put it into the compost bin. Without disturbing the soil I have a lovely clear patch ready for the mulch and a barrow full of compost material.


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A friend had left 6 bags of neat horse manure (Thank you) outside the plot so I moved it inside ready to spread, probably on my courgette strip. I need to give them a boost this year as last year's crop was very poor!
I took home a couple of parsnips (one only carrot size!), 3 thin leeks, a celeriac and my last Kohl rabi which has started to regrow. I also picked most of the Brussel sprouts on the one plant giving a crop. The other four plants either have blown sprouts or nothing at all. I will have to check back what happened to the young plants last year to make sure it doesn't happen again. At least I got one meal's worth and there may be a few more to come.
Having phoned home, I was late as, while talking to a neighbour, another tenant arrived needing help with getting his car out of the mud. With a little help from me, my young neighbour managed to lift the stuck wheel out of the rut it had made and we got the car back on track. Home for a late lunch!

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