At the end of November the weather turned cold suddenly and deeply- until then we had been picking a few late raspberries, the odd everbearing strawberry and had not had to buy any tomatoes- we had been taking green ones home to ripen on the windowsill!
When we had dropped in in December, the ice and snow had broken down the nets over the brassicas. The green manures- phacelia and mustard were flattened and frosted. We had not been able to tidy up the climbing beans. I was surprised to see the beetroot which I had imagined was hardier was badly affected, but the swedes were fine and clear for the time being at least of whitefly.
So on the last day of the year we took the chance to cut down and tidy the autumn raspberries. Trev barrowed steaming leaves to top up the compost heap. However the ground was still frozen only an inch or so down so weeding and sorting out the asparagus bed will have to wait for a more sustained thaw.
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