This post is linked to Michelle at Veg Plotting who has created the challenge for us gardeners to post a photo of ourselves in our gardens or allotments this weekend which shows how our garden or allotment is looking right now.
So here is my contribution. Here I was in my garden on Saturday morning on my hands and knees clearing the leaves and dead plant material from the beds. I am doing this bit by bit as the weather and time allows. It's hard work on my back, but I always feel good when it's done and I can see some progress.
In the afternoon we went down to the allotment and did more back breaking work. My husband was cutting the hedge back which involved climbing up the ladder so his knees were suffering by the end of the day. I was hoeing the vegetable beds which over the winter have looked good topped up with manure and quite weed free. But in the last week the weeds have been popping up in the form of those wretched spinning jenny seedlings which fall from the sycamore trees. There is one tree across the lane in front of our allotment and another at the top of the plot. The good thing is that the seedlings are quite easy to get out of the soil with the hoe, but there are so many of them, they are everywhere. So here I am again down at the allotment.
Well done for daring to face the camera, I employed some sneaky techniques. Fortunately sycamore seeds are one thing we don't have to deal with,
ReplyDeleteHaha! I liked your sneaky techniques, Sue
DeleteLovely to see you Margaret! Ash and birch seedlings are the problem in my garden and like you, I use the 'little and often' approach to the end of winter tidying tasks. I usually find I'm a lot fitter by the end of March!
ReplyDeleteYes, little and often is a good way to garden, Michelle
DeleteI get sycamore seedlings too and I don't know from where as there isn't a tree nearby. It is a good thing the seedlings are easy to pull up.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the birds drop them. They are a nuisance. There's a whole community of sycamore seedlings growing under the bench at the allotment
DeleteIt's lovely to see you in your garden Margaret, lovely pictures. There is always something satisfying seeing the achievement you have made in the garden not matter how small it is. Sarah x
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