Today there was a a frost. There was actually a tinge of a frost yesterday but this morning the grazing fields were whitened out. With the clocks going back last weekend winter feels like it is well on the way and the days doing the early morning tasks in a T-shirt are well behind us for now.
The parts of the vegetable beds that have not yet been cleared and the flower borders have been in steady decline but frosty conditions accelerate the process. Today more clearance in the vegetable beds was undertaken, in particular the Jerusalem artichokes. This effectively forms a dense 7 foot high and 20 feet in length protective hedge across the top end of one of the vegetable plots during the summer. The easiest way to cut it down to the ground is to use a hedge trimmer. It takes longer to clear the stalks as these are cut up before I add them to the compost heap. Over the winter we can dig up the tubers for dinner whenever we fancy. There will always be plenty left behind for next year's growth.
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