Part 2

The weeds have come back, they'll be dug up again and for the final time (hopefully) before planting, the area will be cleared. It needs a tidy up, but its getting there. Rain is forecast for the next few days, but it shouldn't take long to dig up the final remaining weeds at this time of year.

You can see my helper in this photo (a rare sight) . This bed contains carrots and parsnips and some other things, the polythene is to stop Carrot Fly getting in there. Apparently as flies go this one is a bit rubbish, but it lays its eggs in soil and the worm eats carrots.

End of March update

Spring is coming, the clocks go forward tonight.

The Tulips are coming along but haven't outgrown the cover just yet:

The Daffodils which I thought I'd dug up are out now. Word in the gardening circles is that they are smaller and generally later than in previous years due to the cold and longer winter.

Mid March update - its dry and not warm

The dog has now gone home, his owners returned from holiday. We shall miss him because he was a nice dog. He was sick in my shed when I was working in there. Then he started licking it up! People say that dogs are just one of the family, I always reply "Maybe, but how many members of your family drink out of the toilet bowl?" Anyway, back to gardening and growing pumpkins. The fourth bed was filled up today, going to need some more compost for it. So far nothing is growing apart from the weeds which are coming back now so will have to dig the last of those pesky things out soon.
Some leeks are groing in pots inside the house, these will be transplanted somewhere later on.
Its not warm in London yet, but there hasn't been much rain so things seem dry, needed to twist the water butt round so practically emptied it and watered everything I could find. It'll rain soon.

1st March Spring is here! (for a bit anyway)

Well the sun made an appearance today after what seems like months, so managed to get out into the patch.

There are now 4 raised beds and a big pile of horse manure in a hole right in the middle, (where the stick is) this will be the site of one plant, the first pumpkin will be called Pumpkina - the name was suggested by one of the followers as he didn't want a pumpkin named after him for some reason! Personally I think Steve is a good name for a pumpkin.

Coming through the horse manure are loads of green shoots which tell me that Spring is here:

The cloches will remain for a couple of weeks as my other neighbours are looking after a small dog that likes to run around. He's been very well behaved and although I am not a great dog lover, he is quite sweet:

What is great about him is that he likes to chase squirrels and squirrels like to eat my Tulips.

Its getting there

Well the snow lasted on and off for nearly a month, it may be back, it may not. In the meantime I managed to do some more weeding today. Another pink sack full of weeds. Probably only an afternoons work left to get the rest of the weeds up then it'll be time to concentrate on getting the ground level and free of other debris.

Well the snow has gone for now, so have spent a few hours digging up weeds and rubble. Filled up another pink sack and a half ready for the recycling people on Tuesday. No photo today but maybe tomorrow it'll be finished (for now) and I'll do one then.
Lots of big worms in the soil which is a good sign.

Snow has stopped play!

Its snowing here in Ealing so no clearing of the ground today.
But I did do a fair bit yesterday, the white bit to the left is where I have cleared the weeds, one whole pink sack for the recycling people and I had a little fire to keep me warm.

I thought the heat of the horse muck decomposing would have been enough to melt the snow, but obviously not.

Winter weather is forcast for the next few days for London, so I may not be able to get into the garden, but will do my best to get rid of those pesky weeds.