Preparing the Garden For Rest

Last week I finally got around to pulling up the remnants of the summer garden and spreading a nice thick layer of pea straw mulch over my beds so that they can have a nice little little rest while we're away. Hopefully, the straw will compost down and leave me with a lovely bed that's ready to produce well for the next summer garden I plant.



In the meantime, my compost bin is overflowing. I suck at making compost but I chucked it all in there anyway (yeah, I suck because I don't do the whole "layering" thing quite right) in the hopes that it'll break down over time (it has to eventually, right????).