The big heap is last year's compost, thrown on it with good intentions (you can't beat a big dollop of good intentions; almost as good as a big trollop with bad intentions) to empty the space for this year's compost; but then never acted on. The whole thing was becoming an eyesore.
And that's a shame really because it's a nice enclosed bed with good soil. It's clearly been a very big cold frame at some time and every autumn I say to myself "I really must get on and build that back into a cold frame; it'll be really useful in the spring". Of course when spring comes around I've done no such thing and it's too late then.
But at least I got it dug over and the compost worked in.
You have to admit it looks better already. It's going to be a nursery bed for leeks and then for salads and possibly a few tomatoes, overspill from the greenhouse at home.
3 comments:
Definite improvement Woody!
What's this 'nursery bed' thing? I stick things in one place and leave 'em to get on with it!
Eee, tha'rt a hard woman, if tha dun't use a nursery bed
I use it as a temporary home for "bringing on" things. This year's leeks are a good example. They're outgrowing the seed tray I sowed them in but they aren't big enough to survive planting out. So two or three weeks in a nursery bed just grows them on until they can face the big wide world on their own. Of course I should have sown them in a deeper seed tray in the first place but sometimes....!
Looks fab! A huge improvement! :-) Mel xx
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