Dairy Entry

No photos today after the abuse from my daughter in law.

It really feels as if the season has changed properly now, and whilst it is exciting it is also a little sad that the main growing is over.

All the french beans have been removed today, and the ground forked over and covered with thick brown cardboard. Mr Robin loved this, and was always only a few feet from me gobbling up worms and insects.

The sunflowers have been removed and the stems are drying out ready for some useful purpose, whilst the sweetcorn stems have been cut into short lengths and bundled up ready for some insects to make their homes.

Runner beans are still cropping, but we'll leave most of them now to save the seeds.

I'm not impressed with the second crop of potatoes experiment. I don't think there will be a serious harvest, and I expect the frost will kill off most growth anyway.

We took home a good crop of beans, red and green cabbages, Swiss chard, carrots, and celery, all of which contributed to a very nice soup.