About Muddy Boots

I started this diary in 2021, the spring we moved into a house with a long, neglected back garden full of brambles, bindweed and a broken shed. Five years later there are vegetables where the brambles were, and the shed has a new roof.

The plot

• Size: about 120 m², south-west facing
• Soil: heavy clay, slowly improving with a lot of compost
• Climate: continental, hardiness zone 6b, last frost mid-May
• Infrastructure: six raised beds, a 3×2 m greenhouse, three compost bays, a small wildlife pond
• Philosophy: no-dig where possible, no pesticides, lots of mulch

Why write it down?

Because I forget everything. When did I sow the leeks last year? Which tomato split in the rain? The diary remembers so I do not have to. If it helps someone else along the way, even better.

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