OK, day 1, back breaking digging for 1 1/2 hours to clear all the weeds/roots/rubbish out of the strip of ground i'm going to use for my veggie patch.
Managed to do about 2/3rds before I physically couldn't do anymore, will try and get out there again today to clear the other third.
Am going to give it about a week, clearing bits every day until I actually put anything in the ground. I think I probably need to 'dig-in' a bag or two of fertiliser into the ground as nothing but weeds have been grown there since we moved into the house, 14 years ago!!
Mum has offered me a brand new cold-frame to use to start off some seedlings, so because I am impatient but cant actually put anything in the ground yet, I am going to drag the girls off to the DIY store today to get some seeds, trays, compost, slug pellets and anything else I think we might need.
I think the plot will have to have a small fence put around it or I can see the girls trampling all over it with their wellies or even worse, sootering/biking through it when they're out the back playing. I'm already waiting for the cat to start using the freshly dug earth as a toilet - not sure what I can do to keep her off (in a humane way).
Have spoken to the girls to see what they think we should grow and Milly decided 'chocolate' was a good crop!! Lol!!
But I have decided (even though it sounds a bit adventurous for a first timer) to try the following:
Potatos, Runner Beans, Onions, Carrots, Peppers, Lettuce, Cucumbers and i might get a large tub to grow some strawberries in too.
So for today, that's all.
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