Broadfork on Nostr: I’ll cover these beds with a hay mulch now and direct sow beans into that towards ...

I’ll cover these beds with a hay mulch now and direct sow beans into that towards the end of October/early November depending on the temperatures. If we have a mild autumn I’ll sow the beans as late as I can.

I want the wintering bean plants to be subjected to their first frosts when they are still small to give them a better chance of surviving the winter well.

I’ll add mown leaf litter to the surface of the beds too this autumn/winter. The woms will pull it down into the soil.