Winter prep in the garden

Frost was threatening so I spent more or less a full day in the garden in preparation, under the careful supervision of the robin. Tactics have changed a little this year - normally I'd have stuff in over the winter but the summer was so brutal it either died or I didn't bother. I figured it's no bad thing for the soil to have the winter off. There was still a lot out there that needed to be harvested either before the frost or just generally. I picked all the tomatoes, ready or not. The 'or not' may yet ripen, we shall see. Also cabbage, carrots, one tiny cauliflower, some beetroot, potatoes. An important job was to sort out the salad bed. The lettuces, spring onion, and such, are done but spinach, chard, and beetroot prevail. I picked some of the larger beetroot - in that bed I mostly use it for the leaves. Yet again I have failed to grow kale. It's just too delicious for the slugs. So I tidied up - I'm a happy 'chop and drop' person everywhere but there. My priority in the salad…

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