I had some childcare on Saturday and hence the opportunity for a good afternoon’s work. Well, two hours at least – which isn’t by any means enough for the amount that needs doing. But every little helps.
I didn’t know where to start:
Reclaiming the third deep-bed?
Cutting back more brambles?
Clearing the weeds from deep bed one and turning that, ready for planting?
Planting potatoes out into deep bed two?
No it’s too early, isn’t it?
Shifting the rest of this wood?
Wow! Look at the buds on this willow tree:
..Or this wood:
Or digging this over and grass seeding it?
Wow again! Look at the rhubarb:
And there are little catkins forming on this willow:
Or the biggest job of all: the one that we’ve all been putting off: digging Ali’s new house foundations into this banking:
It just doesn’t feel like the time is quite right for that, yet. But we’ve got to start sometime. Maybe when the weather is a bit warmer, and the children can be out there with me more. Maybe when the spring planting isn’t pressing quite so urgently on us (though I need his house roof for the irrigation system). Hmmm. Maybe soon.
I settled with working on the cabbage patch, anyway – the top picture above.
Working on there it occurred to me – yet again – that we need a new apple tree.
Our old one is in the forefront of the picture there. A gift from a neighbour that never really took to being transplanted.
While I was working, I listened to a play on Radio 4: The Talented Mr Ripley, which was very good but I couldn’t get the Jude Law version out of my head.
Well, I got a good work-out and ended up with a nicely dug-over bed which is just waiting for some seaweed and some manure now:
But no house footings. Not yet.
