Putting the beds to sleep
2026-11-02
Pulled the last tomato vines, spread a thin layer of compost and covered the soil with cut leaves. Bare soil washes away over winter...
Garden Shed Notes
Raised beds, compost and small harvests
What the compost pile taught me
2026-11-07
Browns and greens, roughly two to one, and turn it when you remember. Mine runs too wet in autumn, so I keep a sheet of cardboard on top...
Garlic goes in now
2026-11-12
Twelve cloves, pointed end up, five centimetres deep, a hand apart. Mulch lightly. Then forget about them until April.