11/6/26 - More Mole Battles
Aware that over recent posts, I've had several mini-rants about the mole population on my plot. The harvest and clearing of the broad bean bed means that I also had half a bed empty, with no further plans for it this year. As I also mentioned a couple of posts ago, to plug the gap, I bought a small tray of 6 Calabrese Marathon plug plants. It is these I have decided to put in place. Removing the broad bean roots, and seeing the evidence of the mole activity, I decided to do something I don't usually do on any of my beds. I dug down a full spade depth to collapse and otherwise destroy the mole tunnels in that part of the bed. I did not want to have moles nibbling away at my new plantings! By doing this, I also discovered something relatively interesting. After only one spade depth down, I hit what I think is the 'natural' soil later. A definite compact layer of sandy soil, not easy to push a spade down into. If I wanted to, I could ha...
