I’m home, sat in my scruffs and just about comfortable, though thoroughly disappointed.
I’ve just checked my garden and something certainly liked my courgette and pumpkin seedlings. They were getting fairly sizable just two days ago, now there’s nothing but a few straggly, yellowing leaves left. Ten plants gone in 48 hours, my netting wasn’t as effective as I’d hoped.
This sad image of a half ruined veg patch just about sums up my feelings in general.
It just used to be waste ground, I wanted to clear it, install a couple of raised beds and plant them up with a few choice vegetables. The current lockdown situation has made getting hold of what I needed to do this a little difficult.
Instead I decided to clear it, install some cheap plastic edging, dig in some compost and plant directly into the soil. Just turning over this small patch of dirt I've pulled out a fairly sizable pile of rubble and old root matter, I'm glad I didn't decide to make it larger this year.
Next year I will definitely be building a decent sized raised bed in the centre of the patch and back filling it with ordered in top soil.
