Here we are at the start of November and things are still alive in the garden! There has been the odd bit of ground frost but not enough to kill off the carrots.
Today is sunny but cold and it seemed about time to do some tidying-up.
I dug up the last of the potatoes (more of that later) and all the remaining carrots. The parsnips are actually starting to fatten now so perhaps there will be a crop after all. The weather forecast for the week goes up to 12°C which seems unlikley but at least indicates that they could grow a bit more yet.
I pulled up the broadbean plants and put them in the compost bin. I used to leave them over the winter because the nitrogen nodules are supposed to release nitrogen into the soil but I just read that by the time they have made beans there is hardly any nitrogen left in the nodules, it has all gone to leaf and pod production, so in the bin with them. A couple of the plants had begun to shoot again from the bottom and I just cut those down a bit, just to see what happens over winter.
The red cabbage are pathetically tiny so I have left them in there for now. Might give them another try next year. I did plant them pretty late.
The big garlic experiment continues. I bought some Chinese garlic, and also single-clove garlic. I planted 9 cloves in one square, 5 single cloves in another, and replanted my own funny looking garlic in another two squares. I will leave them uncovered, except perhaps for acryl sheeting over the worst of the winter.
Will post some photos later.
