January is finally over and we are getting the faintest little signs of life coming back to the garden. But it is still winter, it is cold and the ground is permanently soggy and squelchy. This is the lovely view I currently have when I open the back door.
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I take a deep breath and a sigh.....
The moles are back they have made a lovely semi circle in the lawn.
This year I was lazy with leaf clearing, I left a lot of leaves on the grass. The leaves are nicely rotting down but on close inspection they are killing the grass underneath together with the constant rain and three boys it is all looking a mess.
The walk way to the chickens has been trodden down and is also covered in leaves. For some reason I started clearing this all by hand, then I remembered and got out the leaf rake. I took half a bin of leaves off the area. Then I suddenly thought, why have I not saved this for leaf mulch.
The area is looking much better and I am sure the grass will grow back fine. But this autumn I must do the leaf clearance properly and make leaf mulch.
The mole hills I have tidied up and got as much soil of the grass and I can, but two more appeared this morning. I have some more mole bulbs on order and they have worked before so I hope they can do this time. I moved the soil to a couple of borders which was real hard work.
What was nice was these girls kept me company the whole time as well
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