Azada day

Oh joy - finally got to give the new azada a work out. It's great!

Not quite the tool I thought it was, but that's not in a bad way. I'm clearing some really over grown bed in the garden (haven't had chance to get up to the lottie yet). They're covered in long, matted grass, and the azada just slices through it. Using a fork to dig it all up would be a nightmare, and hard work on one's back, but you justlife the azada, whilst standing upright, and let it fall back into the grass using its own weight and momentum. Brill! And once it's neatly mown all the rank vegetation off, you can hack chunks of compacted soil up with it, with half the effort of using a fork.

I had to use the fork a bit along the edge of the fence, for digging out some couch grass. That is the one draw back of the azada, is that it does chop stuff. Don't think the worms like it that much.

However, I have now turned over a good 50% of my side veggie bed. Have also spent the last couple of evenings sorting out a sowing plan and rotation. Got little plans all drawn up for the lottie and the garden. Will scan them in at some point. Still, the beds for the early spuds and broad beans are dug over. I now just need to find my big tape measure and break the side bed up into 5 sections. Then we need to move the greenhouse, build the third raised bed, dig up the worn out shrubs in the bed in the middle of the lawn, turf it, move the compost heaps and put a shed up there, etc etc etc

Not to mention the work that needs doing up the lottie. I had some willing helpers yesterday as well, but the weather was too miserable. :( Barbara, E and R came round to play, but we ended up doing baking and stuff, so that's blogged over on Mud & Mischief.

Now all I need to do is figure out why this camera isn't uploading pics...