Winter is drawing in, and as it's not been terribly frosty yet it's probably a good time to plant some veg in the now empty beds. One is currently taken up by a "convalescence coop" for a chicken who moulted rather heavily and was picked on by the other two. We bought a cheap rabbit hutch and put her in there until she's fluffier and more able to defend herself.
The other two small beds have good soil in, but could do with some manure or fertiliser, probably. Things we should plant:
Garlic: apparently now is good time for garlic, I'd like to grow those giant elephant varieties. Apparently you just poke a clove into the soil at about 10cm intervals, and harvest in 6 months when the leaves go yellow and fall over. That's my kind of gardening.
Spinach: a good veg to plant now as it won't bolt in the cold weather. Lovely to have fresh too, I love spinach.
Broad beans: apparently! I've never had much luck with beans or peas, the slugs eat them. Now that it's too cold for many slugs it might be a good time to try again.
Onions: for harvesting in spring. We've got very heavy clay soil though, so lots of digging needed. Oh goody.
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