Archive for February 4th, 2008

The plot in February

Finally dragged myself down to the plot. Fearing the worst the damage was bearable. One of my three compost bins must have flown off and found a new home. Easy come easy go. You may recall the composting course I wrote about back in the autumn. The local council, in their effort to make everybody recycle, offered a free bin to everybody attending this course. I got mine through attending the course and then blagged myself another one because it was spare and a bit wonky. Well, it is the wonky one that has flown the nest. I clearly didn’t need it because if I did it would have been filled with wilted cabbage leaves and the like to keep it in place. Other than losing a bin the plot was not bad. I picked some flat leaved parsley and noticed that the cabbages I planted last year could probably be grown on to yield this summer. And the sprouting broccoli has set little heads and will be pickable in a few weeks. The blueberry bushes also looked promising. Hardly any trimming seems to be needed and lots of buds set on their red stalks. So all in all a reasonably trauma free visit.

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