Any Advice for Clearing My Badly Overgrown Plot.

[Tiny Clanger]

WHen we took over our plot it was a jungle.  Babies heads, Dandelions, blackberries, bindweed and couch grass. The grass was about 30 cm high. We worked on a set amount of area per visit.  Strimmed, dug out deep rooted stuff: - blackberries, dandelions, bindweed, docks, thistles etc, cleared top surface grass with a spade - and began to dig, clearing couch grass as we went.  Once we'd managed to clear a few meters of space we tested soil, put in some blood fish & bone (we had nothing else) and planted a few onions and potatoes.  We managed to clear half the plot in hte first season clearing, digging and planting as we went.   I hope you get some area cleared, there is lots you can put in right now.  Very bestest and good luck x 

[Tiny Clanger]

[Harry]

WHen we took over our plot it was a jungle.  Babies heads, Dandelions, blackberries, bindweed and couch grass. The grass was about 30 cm high. We worked on a set amount of area per visit.  Strimmed, dug out deep rooted stuff: - blackberries, dandelions, bindweed, docks, thistles etc, cleared top surface grass with a spade - and began to dig, clearing couch grass as we went.  Once we'd managed to clear a few meters of space we tested soil, put in some blood fish & bone (we had nothing else) and planted a few onions and potatoes.  We managed to clear half the plot in hte first season clearing, digging and planting as we went.   I hope you get some area cleared, there is lots you can put in right now.  Very bestest and good luck x 

Thanks.
Indeed my approach is to take it bit by bit. Clear, sow, clear more, sow more: Pace myself and sow regardless of the odd bit of weed. Then let them fight it out. Spuds look like they know how to compete. Even the strawberries are up for a fight and can out-weed some of the weeds.

[Tee Gee]

Clear, sow, clear more, sow more

Don't you have any facilities to sow seeds at home?

This way they can be growing on when you are clearing!

[Harry]

I use the term 'sow' loosely, to include planting out. Sorry.
Yes. My kitchen windowsill is constantly full of germinating seeds.