It is pouring down, I managed to get a years worth of parsley bagged and into the freezer and quickly threw phacelia seeds down. I have 4 x 1m sq raised beds at home, only 6" tall. Handy by the house
I dug autumn bliss raspberries out a few weeks ago, only 2 years old but they were starting to come up through the path and in my raised beds at home, in fact a nuisance
Lathyrus, I remember your shed saga, congratulations on being successful in sourcing what you wanted
Ooh Allira, you must try and persuade him. The cardboard I put down to the left of shed was incredible at keeping weeds down and I planted 2 crown squash through it resulting in 7 big squashes. That cardboard is now soft and ready to decompose. I too never appreciated how good a cardboard layer is, all the beds had a cardboard layer under weedfabric and obviously that decomposed faster. I will forever be collecting cardboard
Allira re the weeds, you need to pick your moments. Hoeing is best when the soil is dry and there is sunshine, the roots will die quickly. Perennial weeds need my hori hori (darlac tool) and persistence but they do give up over time. If the weeds can be dealt with by end of june, then the remainder of the year is easy. I collect all weeds in a bucket in my shed, never ever putting them in my compost
