What have done towards your prep?

[Straight Shooter]

Cracking on with the garden , cleaning some raised beds adding in more compost and horse dung ( well rotted ) loads of 30 litre tubs to fill and plant up much slower these days …..the poly tunnels will be maximised this year but plodding on .

Wild child baking bread as usual Welsh cakes Victoria sponge egg custard , pies , pasties …….john the farms face lights up every week and now my eldest brothers also …..it’s a fair bit of work but she never complains ….and never has ! .
We have had some trees down so I am processing them I a go , logging up and splitting the sil brigs it in on the beast …he works hard .

That’s all for now folks .

[bigpaul]

I'm having problems finding well rotted manure, everything on offer is fresh and too strong and it dosent rot down even if I do use it. when I empty my tubs at the end of the season the manure is the same as when I put it in the tub.

[Straight Shooter]

Yes it can be a problem BP it’s the same here here also, , I can go up johns farm and get as much as I want , there is a guy that drops trailer fulls to his place all year round and left to rot down ….its always good stuff ,and it’s free ….i would look see around where you are for people keeping horses , there is one here local that bags it up band places it outside the gate free to anyone who wants it ….but not well rotted , great if you have room to store it .

[bigpaul]

yes thats what I already do, buy from places that have horses but its not well rotted its all fresh, I wonder if I bought some bags in the autumn whether it would rot down enough to use in the spring?

[Pete Grey]

.......hmmm........did someone mention......WELSH CAKES ? .