New Years resolution.

Thirty mls of rain this year already and it looks like more this afternoon.

Spuds I rescued this morning.

I've managed the first hour of my, 'my veggie garden's, New Years resolution today. I've resolved to spend least and hour every day I'm not working in the cab in 'my veggie garden'.

I've read the warnings from the experts of going too big and getting burnt out and I thought I had it under control but it seems I went in too big and last year I hit the wall pretty hard and did very little veggie gardening. But all is not lost I've experimented along the way and have tought myself a lot as well and this year will see a more committed effort to get myself and my veggie garden organized.

As for the veggie garden I had to give up waiting for the soil to dry out enough to lift the spuddies and to my relief they were in good shape with no rotten spuds to be seen, alays a good thing don't you recon? My main concern was with soil compaction and the effect digging very moist soil would have on my soil structure. After digging up the first of five rows of spuds I thing my soil will be fine as long as I keep adding compost and manure. It has come up very light and fluffy and I could probably plant straight back into the areas where I have dug up the spuds.

I'm thinking I'll put in a quick crop of beans where the spuds have been so I can follow them up wih the bracissias I want to plant over Autumn and winter.

Once upon a time I did my weeding with a bucket for putting the weeds in but due to the massive rainfall we have had here I now using a rubbish bin to put my weeds in.

Here's a photo to give you some idea of how out of control the weeds have gotten since the rain.










Cheers from a slow moving creeper

Stewart.

My B.M. (D.) E.N. of weeding

 In the 'Beginning'
 This is my garlic patch, as you can tell. It seems that for the last 6 to 8 weeks anytime I had spare to work in the garden I was either feeling unwell or it's been raining and to wet to weed. But today the planets have aligned and allowed me to at least get the majority of the weeds away from my garlic.

 Some where around the 'middle' of the job.
Yep! what can I say? About half way and looking good.

'During'
I don't remember but this must have been last years potato patch and there were a few spuddies self sown. I didn't want them to grow any bigger so I harvested them and here is the result. Spuddies for nothing and your chips for free.

Then comes the 'end'
Mostly any way. It was a rough weeding and I'll need to return and give it a through weeding straight after I finish the next patch (see below)
  

Next
There is carrots, peas, radish and potatoes that need rescuing in there.
Plus more than enough room for a good planting of beans.
Busy, busy, busy.

There you have it the B.M .(D.) E.N. of weeding.
Cheers and happy weeding

Stewart 

seven years weeding

You all know the saying, 'can't see the forest for the trees', well around here it's, 'I can't see the veggie garden for the weeds'.

Now that we've had some good rain since Christmas and with some good hot growing weather in between and then with the rain, 'conspiring', to fall on my gardening days the weeds are having a field day.

I'm hoping for a few hours in the morning so as I can at least get some of the weeds out that are about to go to seed. You know what they say 'one years seeding = seven years weeding'.

Till next time

Cheers

Stewart

Weeds

Here's some interisting thoughts on weeds.

What do you think?