Preparation

This week we’ve been starting to get the garden ready. I bought some manure and some veg compost and have cleared out some of the raised beds and added it.

There were a few things which looked like we might get something else from them, so I either tidied these up and left them or transplanted them. The ones I transplanted were parsley..

.. some beetroot that got sown quite late last year and never really did anything..

.. and ( what I think is ) garlic..

.. we’ll see how they fare.

The one I have left behind is some celery (main picture). It wasn’t very successful last year, probably because I didn’t earth it up, but the new leaves are nice in salads. so I’m going to leave them until I need the space.

In the other beds I have got some kale which is still going strong, and some broccoli which is just about to present us with some food.

I’ll leave them both until the broccoli has finished, then I’ll harvest what’s left and freeze what I can.