We delivered the apple and Green Lane leaves this morning and put them all in the wooden bin. I’ll put the rest of this year’s apple leaves in there too, once they’ve fallen, and then the wooden bin will be full.
The oca has been sprawling over the sides of the bed somewhat, but is now propped up with cane hoops. There were some little tubers growing on the branches. Hopefully there will be more under the ground.
I cleared the front bed, accompanied by the robin, which nearly took my head off as it flew so low over me to get an offered caterpillar. While I was trying to photograph the three-spined grass bug it was sat on a log making its overhead predator call, but I couldn’t see a threat anywhere.
Something has dug its way into the bug hotel and there has long been a hole on top in one of the planter squares. One of the logs at the front has really started to fall apart and I also discovered a large hole under the everlasting pea, which explains its lack of performance this year. Assuming it’s a mole hole, I refilled it with coffee grounds and soil, so hopefully that won’t be redug.
Having finished the front bed, I also made a start on the corner of Bed 1, which is full of weeds, as well as flowers and tomato plant roots.
A little more Million Bells seed has gone around the edge of the pond. I’m hopeful it’ll give a bit of colour and coverage next year. The pond’s fairly uneventful at the moment. I’ve not seen any beetles for a few weeks, so hopefully they’ve found enough material in which to hibernate at the bottom of the pond.
A few more carrots have been harvested, along with all the beetroot. Some big weeds have been taken out of Bed 8 now, which had rather sat on the second row of beetroot, but I managed to grow some reasonable ones this year.