We’ve had a lot of rain and the plot was underwater for the first time this winter. Back to the old way of walking round the right hand side and/or just having soaking feet.

I pulled up all the carrots and all the beetroot. A couple of the carrots were white, which was weird. The beetroot were a mix of big and small; only a couple were a little damaged. The carrots were quite damaged by carrot fly, so need some doctoring. I should harvest them earlier for freezing. I also battled some more parsnips out of the ground, which are wonderfully crowded and a range of sizes.

There’s new fungus on the compost heap. It took a while to identify, but it’s wood blewit. It’ll fade to brown with age and often appears after the first frost, so that adds up.

I was accompanied by multiple blue tits and great tits while I finished weeding Beds 2, 4, 5 and 8, and then raked them over. Any good greens have been left to rot. They’ll be covered next week. The other beds aren’t that far off either, so I might get done next weekend if it’s dried up enough.

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