Empty plot over the winter - to cover or not

Shame on you Scarlet. There is still loads of stuff you can plant. Even a green manure would be better than nothing.

I haven't got the back to dig it in. I've got an acre garden - lots of it has ground elder and I won't use weed killer. The only way I can do it is cover some of it.

There's also just two of us most of the time now. So l growing more food to give away doesn't make me happy anymore. BY the time the dahlias are all dug up there won't be long enough to grow much anyway and I really need to reduce the work. I would love to do more but it isn't happening.