I spent a couple of days (only a couple of hours each day) pulling out tomato stakes, undoing the twist ties to save for next year, saving little incised copper nameplates and taking tomato plants out of the ground and getting them off site - just in case they carry any old spores that could ruin next years crop. I am hoping to do a little crop rotation next year where possible. As well, I clipped a fair amount of overgrowth along the edges of the plot and spread oak leaves around. I have left the red mulch plastic and will see how well it protects the ground from weeds come spring. I want to bring more leaves to cover the ground and I have just left all the hoses in place - so I may need to purchase a few new ones for areas I left lie fallow this year - especially if I am planning to use these new areas for my tomatoes.
The temperatures have dropped substantially - I think I was around 10C tops and I've not really attended to this section of the garden - other than to weed out the strawberry patch and put poles beside the berry canes. I placed the fennel fronds along the path in beside the poor old pea patch gone wild. There is still kale, some leeks and herbs (parsley, rosemary, thyme, savory and stevia) to harvest on my next trip back with leaves. But for now - some rest for my aching back!
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