Drought plagued plot

Because of the drought(!) yesterday was the first day in over 2 weeks I managed to get to the plot. Was starting to get a bit anxious that everywhere isnt ready for planting out. 

There was much intaking of breath and tutting from the ol' boys when I said I was going to weed. 'Nah, you cant do that, its too wet' etc so I rolleyed my eyes as usual and showed them how its done!

So I went from this:

 to this:

And this:

to this

No soil was compacted in the making of these photographs!

Elsewhere on the plot the raspberries are looking fab

 As are the onions

 and shallots

And the view down the site is looking rather lovely too.

Now, just need to see a bit more sky every so often and all will be right with the world.

Oh, before I go, my little fig tree in the back garden has 7 baby figs on it :D

This week on the plot - 27/2-2/3/12

Ultra busy week on the plot brought about by a week of dry(ish) weather. Motivated by needing to feel that everything was under control so that there is space for plants to go in when they're ready.

 So this week on the plot:

 Space made ready for first early potatoes

Compost bin turned into the one emptied last week

 then refilled with the contents that were in here

 Red Sun shallots planted (which curiously smelled like garlic!)

 and covered so the pesky birds dont pull them out

Space made ready for onion sets to go in in a couple of weeks

And then finally today pallets de-constructed (with limited swearing and only a couple of hand/hammer incidents)

 and the edges of my 30m path started to be edged

 which will then have weed membrane put down and bark chippings added on top in a couple of weeks.

I've managed to fit a lot in to the couple of hours I've spent there each day. Everything feels like its coming together now. Tis very good :)