I haven't spent any time out in the garden lately, and it shows. Raking and mulching are required as well as removal of some plants that didn't make it through the winter. I'm in the process of planning some new veggies to grow this year.
We had such success with tomatoes last year that they will be definite players in the garden again this year, but I think I'll do maybe 4 or 5 large pots of them. Our strawberries in the beds didn't grow so well, so I'm thinking of growing those in large pots too. Courgettes will be grown, and maybe some sweet peppers. I am so inspired by the many people who grow and pickle/jar their veggies that I'm thinking, why not us? I was delighted with the jam I made last year from the raspberries we picked from the farm, and for my first batch, I have to admit that it was pretty amazing (even though I do say so myself).
We spent some time yesterday in the garden I was rethinking the raised beds I had planned last year. The railway sleepers that separate our garden from our neighbours were probably treated with chemicals so I thought we could just level a slightly raised bed that is approx 12'x8' then put some sort of paving to keep out the weeds and be a flat surface for the pots to sit on. The 4 of us got the tools out but we came across an enormous rock just a few inches under the surface. We spent about an hour digging around it but it is a beast, and probably wont be shifted without some sort of machinery, so Calum is going to drill some holes in then try to break it into pieces. Which is a shame because it would be a great addition to the garden. I was imagining it as a sitting rock with some low flowery growth around it.
We're going to dig some more around it (maybe next weekend) and see if it will shift slightly when theres less clay soil sticking to it.
'Where there's a will there's a way' is coming to mind!
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