Freshly cut weeds

Now that the garden has been landscaped we're trying to work out the best way to manage our garden. We inherited a garden full of nettles and docks which were scraped back and dumped in a pile while the major landscaping works were carried out. Next the topsoil  (aka docks and the nettles) that had been set aside was spread back across the whole area and trampled down by a large digger. We've been back through the garden to try and weed it as much as possible but there is probably a few tons of weeds and seeds still in the soil.  We want to remain organic but we're also in a rush to get grass seed sown in time for the summer. It's either sow grass seed now and deal with the weeds later (either with chemicals or by digging up the lawn) or wait for more weeds to appear and leave the grass until the last minute.

On a more productive note we have sown veggies and they are starting to shoot already. Compost arrives on Thursday to fill the raised beds that were made from the original rafters in the barn. The hedge is cut and ready for chipping giving us mulch and material for creating paths. With the strong easterly winds we've been having we also want to create a wind break for the raised beds and get a greenhouse for Sally to stretch her green fingers in.

Steps down the bank to the raised beds

Testing out the old granite roller

Bluebells by the stream