Weeding - and the runner bean trench!

​Monday afternoon, my normal session on the plot, was meant to be a sowing session for all the seeds I should have sown already. However, the wind was so strong sowing was out of the question if I was to get the seeds in the drill.
So I decided to use the lawn mowings collected from one of my neighbours on my still-to-be-dug runner bean trench. Before that, though, I needed to remove the weeds and manure so I was clear to dig.
Unfortunately I had left the weeds to get established so I needed a fork to loosen their roots first. It was a long tedious job and there was a huge amount for the compost bin!


Digging the trench took me only a few minutes once I had cleared the patch and the manure I had moved aside was forked into the bottom. On top I spread the grass cuttings but left it open to subside a little before returning the soil.











​I then moved on to hand weeding the asparagus bed. 

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​Here I am on top of the weeds but hoeing is, of course, not an option with the spears poking through. It was another long tedious job but satisfying when I had finished and I cut four spears to take home.

​​Before leaving I watered the seeds sown a few days ago and the tomatoes newly planted in the greenhouse.

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