What I did on the plot today 2018

Garlic in today - not quite 275 cloves though....more like 30-40.

Also noticed that purple sprouting broccoli leaves were under attack and took netting off to find loads of caterpillars and eggs....in November. Picked off and sprayed.....Sprouts seemed ok.

Sunday afternoon, emptied a compost bin and riddled it onto 2 beds, then turned two others and started to fill the one i emptied, took the late peas out and stored canes away. Compost has done well this year, been adding volcanic rock dust to activate it.

Built a new 2 bay compost storage area. I used feather edge board with 75 mm x 50mm rails , I lined the inside walls with black plastic to protect the wood and keep the heat in, I then put two layers of cardboard on the ground to kill the grass and stop any weeds growing
I now have 2 bins 1.2 square by 1.2m high..
I then used 100mm x 25mm slats for the front and made spacers between each slat with screws partly screwed in leaving a gap approximately 20mm between each slat so that air can circulate

It's very surprising how much volume they hold as I shovelled 11 barrowfulls of manure into one and it's just half full. The society are arranging another delivery soon so I hope to fill the first bin with some of that.
The second bin I will now start filling with leaves, coffee grounds, and kitchen peelings etc just as soon as I finish the slatted front on that one
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Finished off my New compost area, lined the base of the second one with cardboard and the side with plastic sheeting to protect the wood , I used some of the spare boards to make a roof and then put plastic over them,
and then started filling it 😁😁😁
Very pleased with this 😁😁😁👍
Just as I was packing up for the day the rain came so perfect timing 👍

Took bags of garden waste to the plot and filled up a compost bin, plus did a bit of tidying and harvesting.  The ground is too wet for any serious work.

Then came home and filled 3 empty compost bags with fallen leaves.  Dumped these in the chicken run and gave them instructions to turn them into some nice mulch please.  That didn't get much response so I chucked some corn around as added motivation.  That got them scratching away and digging 

Added another small bin of mixed kitchen waste, two bins of leaves one bin of manure and a sack of soaked cardboard to the compost heap