First things first; compost bins!
Made from free pallets, painted with preservative and stain by kids.....
Note the two baths that were completely filled with couch and 'compost' a.k.a bindweed...took two days to empty and sieve through usable stuff!
I cut back and cleared the long grass from around the greenhouse and old compost bin. Found a path, loads of rolled up chicken wire, and a well!
Next; demolish the old shed I'm afraid. Took me and 10yr old son about half an hour! Lots of woodworm infested timber though, so hopes of using some of it went on a bonfire. Tarpaulin useful though! Behind it we found a little air raid shelter, very useful for storing the wire mesh and old cloches we found buried in the couch! Under the old shed....about 20 smashed panes of glass!
Looking at the right side now, I decided to use Amcide on the couch, it was so bad. Let it work and then dig out all the roots; easier said than done!
Left side; dug over and removed all the couch from the nearest area, started preparing to move various flowers, rosemary bushes and rhubarb. There were a couple of currant bushes at the back, a bit poorly looking, all overgrown with the dreaded couch. The metal supports holding up a piece of wood that I had hopes of using to drape nets over a soft fruit area were completely rusted through, big holes in them! Underneath were a row of autumn fruiting raspberries. Right at the back, loads of plum tree suckers, one very prolific pear tree, and a small overgrown apple. I started to remove some of the plum suckers to give the apple a chance!
More to follow... ;D
