Digging over new Beds

December 8th starting the new bed in the Arena of Plants

Digging over this bed to the south of the Arena of Plants is a pretty daunting task. It has a layer of gently decomposing black plastic about four inches under the soil which had been laid as a weed suppressant years ago when the garden was a nursery. This makes it impossible to use machinery which would rip up the plastic and make things worse.  So, in with the spade, unthread the plastic, throw it in the bucket and turn the soil, repeat....

December 22nd 2011...still digging