And So To Bed
Nov 20th, 2007 by Chris
While Rob put down three more slabs and spread a few more bags of horse manure on plot 18 I carried on with putting plot 8 to bed. I cut down the Dhalias, put some well rotted manure over the bed then covered it with straw anchored down with the netting from the top of the old brassica cage. Then I pulled up all the Nasturtions from around the salad cage. Next I cut off the runner beans at the roots and cleared the poles collecting some more seeds as I went. Finally I cut down the Cosmos which were as tough as old boots. I am not sure whether they will grow again from the same roots or if I will need to start again from seed. I shall definitely grow them again next year as they gave a beautiful show of colour and attracted the bees.
Rob emptied a couple of the dalek composters and put the resulting compost over the beds. He said it was ”good stuff”.
Both the greenhouse and the lean to are empty now and all the old plants in the composters.
