Yard cleanup / garden mulching

A good chunk of my yard leaves (7 packed bags!) went to the intervale this year and have been covered in a couple of bales worth of straw to keep them in place for the winter. I spread them over the areas that will be tomatoes next year so that I've got time to spread them elsewhere once the early plants are in.

We had a rare extra strong windstorm recently where the wind blew east to west. Not only did this do a lot of damage to trees that aren't used to being blown in that direction, but it left us with less than one third as many yard leaves as normal! I didn't mind the reduced work but I suspect I'll regret not gathering some extra leaves for the garden. Oh well, something to worry about in the spring..

In other news, I've decided to give up my tilled plot. Being in that low corner is so wet that half of the plot has refused to grow anything for two straight years. Combine this with the recent spat with the site director and I think it best that I leave that frustration to someone else.