2023 - What I did today

I managed to get outside for a bit before the rain stopped play. I finished breaking up compost/manure clumps and spreading it over the new beds. Then trampled it down and tested the depth - not bad in some places but only a couple of inches in others! I've then hauled lots and lots more bags up the garden on my head, cut those open and started breaking up those clumps. I've used the empty compost bags and some rocks to create bed edges to try and stop grass from growing into them before I have plants established. Not quite done with the clump breaking when the rain got too heavy to stay out, so I have come inside to eat crumpets (as an aside, I don't recommend crumpet 'thins' - I'd rather just eat one proper crumpet than have two that are unsatisfyingly flat).

Hopefully tomorrow, I can just finish breaking up clumps, then rake the compost/manure into beds/paths and the beds will be deep enough to start sowing. I am *so* behind on sowing, so lots to get done tomorrow. I've got lots of on-calls coming up, so I really need to make as much progress as I can now.