The weather we should have had over the bank holiday turned up a week later than it should have and it's another scorcher today. A big push forward on the plot to take care of the weeds that I've so far been unable to tame. I took them all down to ground level with a scythe and a rather vicious looking hand-axe/fork and laid weed matting and then wood chips over the lot. Although the roots are still in there, the fact that no light can get to them should ensure they die off. Result !
Path straight on to the leek bed at the end of the plot.
Area opposite the cold frame. This is my area for drinking tea, listening to the Archers, and snaffling custard creams. In time it may have a shed on it.
The broccoli bed has been performing very poorly so I pulled all the plants up as a dead loss and dug in a load of soil improver. I then planted a row each of swedes, courgettes, and cauliflowers to see what I can get to grow.
The cabbage bed has obviously been watching the cauliflower bed as it has been decimated by birds.
The birds were obviously young as they didn't touch the sprouts on the left hand side of the plot and they also left tiny bottles of WKD and a small hoody with "Bovvered?" on the front ;-)
Eventually the heat beat me and I had to retire home, but the heavy work of weeding and barrowing woodchips is at least done. Back up there tomorrow weather permitting.
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