Well its been steadily heading towards winter for a while now… The hunters are about, the fire is being lit (evenings only lets not panic just yet!) and the nights drawing in. 

Never-mind though, have been busy getting ready for the Spring harvest.  We’ve been preparing the veg plots – removing weeds (it really does go from parched, barren earth to lawn in no time), forking over and adding chicken manure or compost depending on how swiftly we’ll be using the beds.   I’m so glad we’ve used the ‘deep bed’ method so prepearing the beds is relatively easy.  I’ll be posting info on how to keep vegetable growing as easy and straightforward as possible shortly.  Make no mistake preparing the vegatable plot very thoroughly just once and then proceeding to do your utmost not to compact the soil in future has been our miracle method for cutting down on work over the years.

This week we’ve put our broad beans, peas, mange-tout, radishes and beetroot seeds in.  It cheers me up no end thinking of all the good stuff we’ll be eating in the Spring.  As much as I’m loving leek and cabbage the spring vegetables always seem so zingy.  Can’t wait…