Bindweed

Another visit to the plot today, and the lovely weather made it very pleasant. I did some digging over, but I suspect Si feels this is not where my strengths lie, and is quick to allocate me other jobs. To be fair, he is a very good digger so I am reluctant to stand in his way.

I had a very good time raking bed B, which is almost ready for planting, and then I conducted a thorough inspection of bed A, as we had noticed it had traces of bindweed. I think I managed to find the source of the problem, and spent a lot of time raking through the rest of the soil and extracting anything which was, could be or probably wasn't bindweed, in an effort to eradicate it. I will do this again to make doubly sure. Apparently, there are certain species of bindweed which are endangered. I think I can safely say this was not one of the endangered varieties, and I'm not convinced endangered bindweed is a bad thing anyway. It's important we get rid of it as we're almost ready to plant, although we are leaving that until after the weekend because it's going to be very cold.

I think the nicest part of the day was sitting in the boot of our car with a flask of tea whilst admiring our progress. It was a very well-earned cuppa. 

Some updates on the plotcam today, with me looking a lot like the lady of the "Dig for Victory" posters. Except that she didn't have pink gloves on. 

Stay Green, 

B