The last of last autumn's leaves

​I now have collected the last of the autumn 2023 leaves!
My neighbour, whose garden is the source and surrounded by mature oaks and beech, reckons I've had 30+ bags of leaves this year. Each bag is a small builders bag which holds about half a cubic metre but, unless the leaves were completely dry, we only half filled them as otherwise they get too heavy. The bin is full and the rest of the bags are currently contained in bags in front of the plot waiting to be stacked on the plot behind the bins. Unfortunately that patch was full of bindweed and rogue raspberry shoots, the latter having grown from the remains of the original row transplanted elsewhere on the plot. It needed clearing before I cover it with a stack of full storage bags while we wait for the level in the bin to subside.
In clearing the patch I have dug out a barrowload of bindweed as well as lots of rooted stems of the raspberries. The latter are suitable for growing on. They are autumn raspberries, Joan J variety. I've already given some to other plotholders including my nearby new tenants but unfortunately can't remember all those I've promised to last autumn! I've put a note on Plotters.

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