I went to bed on Saturday evening with a bright moon and a thick layer of frost on the car and woke up to a howling gale. With the high winds came a warmer air temperature. That was my cue to go to the lottie to the wheelbarrow manure onto the plot. Twenty wheelbarrow loads later the job was done. I still have to manure the Pea bed but that going to have to wait a while.
Despite the high winds it was not too cold. I had a few minutes on my hands so did that job which has been outstanding for ages, namely tying in the Grape vines. I put in a new stake to carry the main stem and tied the laterals to the horizontal wires I put up last year. I snipped off all the extra side shoots so the vines are ready for the spring.
I dug up and prepped about half of the Leeks I had standing. H wants to make Leek and Potato soup. With it being freezing yesterday H and I went to Derby to Lakeland plastics to buy some freezer soup bags and some freezer veggie bags. Everything was on sale so that was handy and we were in and out in 30 minutes - result. Perhaps my shopping technique is rubbing off on H. Now we have something to contain the soups we can make from whatever remains on the lottie.
Back to work Monday. Deep joy!
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