Next week: Harvest the first raspberries, plant winter brassicas under butterfly cages, peg down strawberry runners, sow autumn salads, care for kiwi fruits.
I love my compost heap! okay, so I have to take a run-up to it with the wheelbarrow at the moment because it’s so huge, but breaking into a gallop when you’re faced with a wall of rotting vegetation can only be fun, can’t it? In all honesty, our heap where I’m head gardener has grown rather weed-strewn and monstrous, but it reminds me that in high summer our plots generate a lot of garden waste.
So, what is the best way to create great compost from it? Key is adding a blend of ‘greens’ and ‘browns’. Greens are soft, sappy, leafy items whereas browns are woody…
