Hairy Bittercress

I was almost guaranteed to have the lottie to myself this evening. On my last visit I had left a wheelbarrow full of weeds because I needed to empty a black compost bin. I got a black bag from my store. The top end of Bed3 has a lot of Hairy Bittercress [pictured]. It is a pain because it can run to several generations in one year. If only crops grew that fast. The bittercress was already in seed so I needed to make sure it did go in the compo bin. As I cleared the soil I bagged the weeds. That gave me a clear spot on the bed to empty the compo bin which I did. Having tidied up the area round the bin I dumped in the weeds from the wheelbarrow and the pile of weeds I had dumped nearby the previous weekend. With less than half the width of the bed to go the weeds changed from mainly Hairy Bittercress to mainly grass and Red Deadnettle. Those went straight in the compo bin. When I finished the bed I spread out the pile of compost into a fairly thin layer. I used the fork as a rake to dress the soil into a seed bed. The recent rain and frost has the soil in a perfect condition for bed preparation and cool temperatures have held back the worst excesses of the weeds. It is a pity I will be in London for a few days this week as I could get the remainder of bed3 finished with an hour of so each evening this week.