Four Foot of Bed

   I woke up this morning to a light dusting of snow across the garden. I had decided that I would spend a hour or so at the lottie today. I wanted to fill up the bird feeders since the weather has turned cold again. I got a spare seed feeder from home and took it with me along with the new stock of bird food. It was no surprise to find I was the only person at the lottie. The wind was bitter and there was snow in the air.

   I filled the feeders and hung up the new one. Almost straight away the birds were on the feeders. Great Tits, Blue Tits, Robin were competing the space on the feeders. The recent warm spell has got the worms going and they are working to make the muck pile into a thin spread of muck across the parking space. I shovelled the muck back onto the pile. That made the plot look tidier. The compo bin was getting dry so a tipped on a couple of gallons of water.

  There was about four foot of Bed1 that was prepared for spuds last year but was not planted. I got the spade a wheelbarrow out and started working along the row. All I had was to pull out the weeds. Docks, Rosebay Willow Herb, were the bulk of the offender with some Bramble, Red deadnettle, Creeping Thistle joining the party. The soil was quite dry but very cold. Down in the trench plying the spade I got very hot even without my coat. I plugged away at the soil and within in an hour I had dug over another four foot of the bed and created another wheelbarrow full of weeds. It was hard work but probably because in not having to dig up spuds I was able to move through the soil a bit quicker.

   Dave P turned up to do a bit on his plot. As usual we had a chat about the plots and our respective plans. I done the tasks I had set myself and was getting hungry so I packed up and went home.