Finally!  15 May I made it out into the vegetable garden to begin weeding!  I started in the glasshouse and then moved onto bed 1 and the bean frame.

Rain, cold weather and other commitments have kept me out of the garden for a couple of weeks.  However, 26 May and then again today – 30 May, I made it back out to continue with the weeding.  I’ve completed all of bed 1 and the north side of bed 2.  Today was a beautiful sunny day and the soil is very wet after all of the rain we’ve had lately.

I have also finally dried the tomato seeds that I will use for planting out next year.

In preparation for the end of weeding, I had 6 bales of pea straw delivered on Sunday.  The next step in winter bed preparation, after weeding, is fertilising with manure and blood and bone, and finally, covering each bed with a thick layer of pea straw.  Ideally, this would be completed well before now!