2026 - What I did today.

Sieved some more old compost from 2 of last year's 30 litre pots. In one I found some baby new potatoes. Half way down the other pot, there were lots of strong, upright shoots - which turned out to be growing from a tightly packed mass of acorns! Some little creature must have secreted them there - though when and how is the big question!
Decided to clear the ground under the sweet chestnut tree (grown from a nut - by a nut!). Plenty of montbretia, woundwort, brambles as well as good stuff like bluebells and pineapple mint, both of which I tried to leave in situ. I intend to sow some Tree spinach and Amaranth seeds here.
Kept having to stop as Ted was bringing me baby mice that he'd found under a bush. They were too small to identify and, being chomped by a dog didn't help their appearance!