I said that this week I would work on the paths. I did work on the paths.

I started with cutting back the lavender and then cleared the bed by the gooseberries and as I was there, weeded the path that runs the by the asparagus patch to the beds and back to the central path on the plot. Last year a stray strawberry runner planted itself and this year that plant had runners so there’s a little mini bed of strawberries!

Then I started on the sides of the beds that hadn’t been cleared. This is the before last week

And this is the after on Monday, the green you can see in the path is supposed to be there. It’s chamomile lawn, thyme and a couple of forget me nots I decided I would let live!

I also cut back and weeded the mint bath.

I weeded some of main path and wood chipped , so this is where we are with the path

I basically have to do two more side paths, between the strawberry bed and the bed with the nasturtium going wild and between that bed and the cabbage bed and the central path from the blackcurrants to the raspberries. Aka the worst bit. Both beds could also do with a tidy and then get planted up. It’s going to suck because it’s bad.

I did do some other stuff too. I planted half the onions in modules. They will live in the polytunnel until spring when I’ll have a think about where to plant them. (I’m going to put the others in the cabbage and kale bed either next week or the week after and I think the shallots and spring cabbage are going in the bed that the nasturtium is currently in! Finally the garlic, will go into the bed that had the sweetcorn in and currently has the squash in. But paths first!

I cut some flowers, harvested tomatoes, chard, lettuce and the world’s smallest cabbage.

There is a lot to do. I need to weed and top up the blueberries and fruit trees and then to strulch them. The fruit cage area needs weeding and mulching and more plants in between the pavers.

The raspberry and blackcurrant beds need some attention and weeding and mulching. Plants need putting in the ground. There is all of the work I talked about last week. I need to sort out my much neglected compost pile and the shed and poly need tidying too. The front bed and the path by the rhubarb needs weeding again! And just look at the state of the leek bed!

Haven’t said that, things are doing great. The kale is in and growing, the chard is looking amazing!

I need to keep at it but I’m hopeful that I can break the back of the worse of the work before Christmas and be ready for spring.