This morning I finished spreading old sheep manure on the empty garden beds. At this stage I decided to only spread it on the beds used for growing annuals. I’ll wait for the perennial crops (potatoes, strawberries, parsley, chives, Jerusalem artichokes, asparagus, rhubarb and yams) to die down before manuring those areas.

In the photos you can see the winter crops growing nicely – Bed 3 has swiss chard, brassicas (brussel sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli and cabbages), broad beans and leeks. Bed 2 has lettuce, carrots, parsnips, beetroot, more swiss chard, celery and cosmos.