Saturday morning didn't look too promising but by lunchtime the sky had cleared and it was quite bright. It was not to last however...
JB and I got to work on the old raspberry patch that we began to clear last week. We took loads of couch grass clumps and have begun to create a earth pile which might one day rot down and be of use or it might just get burned!
The old raspberries have been completely cleared, and we are gradually making the plot look a lot better. It won't be too long before we have reached the fruit tree line and then it will feel like a real achievement.
6 beds are now dug on the lefthand side of the plot; the first contains rhubarb and blueberry bushes. Bed 2 has got the parsnips and radishes in (no sign of growth despite the cloches). Beds 3 and 4 were filled on Saturday with the early potatoes couldn't leave then chitting any longer - the dining room was beginning to smell a bit strange.
Oh course the heavens opened and chucked it down once we had begun planting the pots but the job had to be finished. We got soaked and really it was far too muddy, wet and totally inappropriate for planting but it was fun and it needed to be done. The maincrops are chitting in place of the earlies now and they will be ready for planting very soon too. Probably should try to keep them back until at least March, but the weather looks set to be pretty warm so who knows.
