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<p class="has-drop-cap">From time to time I wander around the garden highlighting the plants in flower. Despite autumn arriving there's still some colour to be seen.</p>
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<p class="has-drop-cap">I've not been very good over the last few years in making the most of my compost. I tend not to turn it over during the year as one is supposed to. Behind two plastic compost bins was a pallet box that had been filled with leaves. I decided to dig it out and put it onto the vegetable plots. The leaf mould was excellent as can be seen in this wheelbarrow load.</p>
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<p>I also emptied two of the plastic bins, repositioned them where the pallet box had been and refilled them with composting material making sure it was well mixed.</p>
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<p class="has-drop-cap">The trouble with moving compost heaps at this time of year is you never know what you might uncover.</p>
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<p>I started a heap a couple of years ago and it has grown considerably. I covered it with a tarpaulin during the winter so it doesn't get too wet. This summer I simply pulled it back off the top. As I started digging into the heap I saw this large hedgehog hunkered down amongst the leaf mould. I quickly covered it up and hope I haven't disturbed it too much.</p>
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