We picked all the apples off the tree this morning, not least to stop the destructive pecking from the birds.

Although the compost gourd hadn’t started to die off, the stalks were just starting to yellow, so I took the opportunity to clear the plant off the heap. They’re now in the grow house to ripen off a bit more, as some of the stalks were weeping a bit.

I finished off clearing the tomatoes, diggung up the roots and weeding around the marigolds. The soil was absolutely perfect for weeding, so I made sure I went back in the afternoon to do more. I cleared the weeds and sweetcorn stalks from Bed 11 and cleared the weeds from the empty half of Bed 7.