Asparagus bed update...

One of the few jobs I have done recently is cutting down the Asparagus haulm. I am intending to finish the raised bed and add a thick layer of manure before the season begins. I am having quite a lot of trouble with weeds in this bed due to it being
permanent and am wondering about covering the spaces between plants to try and minimise the problem.

Another view...

There are quite a few jobs apparent in theis picture: lay the flags~put beds on the foreground mud~prune~sort out the remains of the corn salad~finish asparagus bed~dig corn bed etc etc etc...Plenty to think about as usual!

Hedge Horror!

P. next door had warned me of his intention to trim the hedge. I love the hedge but since I didn't prune it at all last year (well it is Sue's responsibility really) I didn't feel I could really say much in it's defence. A bit sad though to see it like Samson bereft of it's crowning glory and prostrate on the cold ground...(sorry - floridicity taking hold - it does that occasionally)... P. is a lovely lottie neighbor but we do disagree regarding the hedge. Maybe I need to set up some sort of hedge fund to facilitate it's ongoing maintenance...

Anyway I have collected up the debris ready to offload it to the tip asap. Now to decide what to do with the plot where the greenhousre was to live. I did think a fruit tree but now I wonder about more beds...decisions decisions...

Usual View 24th Jan 2009

Well here is the 'usual view'. As you can see it is no longer sullied with a dilapidated greenhouse in the foreground. There do seem to be one or two weeds though.
I will be posting a list of jobs for the year soon as I have been down this afternoon 'planning'. Didn't get a right lot done but I did have a bit of a sort out in the shed....well it was precipitating summat chronic most of the time I was there.....
Shame I didn't get this posted actually in January but better late than never...possibly...