What's happening in the garden

Well the spuds have completely died down so I am lifting them before they rot in the ground.  Spuds should not be left in the ground.  When they are removed put them in a dry box, damp soil removed, and sick or damaged ones removed.  Cover them completely so no light can get in.

This is the patch of garden that was a useless piece of grass 8 months ago.  Water logged and full of swamp weeds and squelchy mud I used the no dig method to transform it.  That is - layers of newspaper, spuds layed out, heaps of straw, manure, seaweed turned into a fertile patch full of worms with rich organic matter throughout.  It will be interesting to see if it becomes unproductive over winter as the rain increases.  It's been planted out with broccoli and spring onion and has wire around it to keep the chooks out (who are desperate to get their beak around every worm they can see!).  It smells healthy (not dank and swampy) so I am optomistic.  Please post any experiences you've had with overly wet patches.  Dont get me started on why its overly wet!