Made good progress with cleanup in the victory garden over the weekend. I pulled the weeds and added a layer of composted stall waste to the hoop house. Still need to replace the sheeting but that can wait awhile. I haven't decided if I'm going to use the beds in the greenhouse during the winter, but I replenished the soil in them so they are ready if I need them.
Peppers/tomatoes/pole beans remain to be pulled and discarded. After the problems with blight this summer I'm going to give all of the cages a good bleach rinse before planting time comes in the spring.
I pulled the last of the carrots, cleaned up and replenished the soil in the beds, and planted my garlic there. I was able to get around 70 cloves into the space available, which is a bit less than half of what I plant most years. We haven't been using that much, and with the pending dig-up/conversion to raised beds I thought it would be good to put it in a place that won't be disturbed when that work begins.
The best thing about getting all of that stuff done is that I was able to do it without pain - I got a cortisone injection in my right hip joint on Monday and oh my goodness what a difference that made - I'm able to move around now without feeling like my leg is on fire. I got more accomplished in two days than I could do in a week.
But things aren't all rainbows and skittles... Nanner wouldn't start yesterday when I was ready to bring some more compost up to the garden. Starter solenoid clicks, but the starter won't spin, so either it needs some work done to the starter or it kicked a rod when I shut it down on Saturday. I'm hoping the starter is the problem. If the engine is kaput Nanner will go to the big tractor salvage yard in the sky. Obviously I'm hoping it's just a problem with the starter. I'll have to pull it off for further diagnosis.