HIGHER MORWELL GARDEN DIARY
20th October 2017
The Beast is helping us keep on top of the leaf fall exacerbated by the recent gales, it still takes up a lot of time though. The polytunnel is still producing  for us, the cavallo nero seems to go on for ever and the carrots are very good now although they seem to have taken a long time after being planted as seeds in early spring.
Once the rabbit- repelling fence was put in the grass on the space between the beds became too time- consuming to manage as the power mower was excluded as well. The turf was removed piece by piece and proper treated timber edging put against the beds.
The stump left after we removed the fastigiate branches of the second pond tree is slowly being reduced with the chain saw, the aim being to make something useful from it. Seat? Table? If the plans work favourably it will be looking towards the upper pond. Also today we have used the last of the Charlotte potatoes, they have kept very well in the potting shed.
Yes I know it isn’t flat but it was a field! The space was roughly compacted and covered in sand left over from the April house works. Also using left-overs the path was laid with pavers and filled with sand. Now we can fill the upper bed with garlic for 2018!