Weeding fest 2, round 2, finished!

Yay, the first major weeding battle has been completed! I came in a little before 9:00 am, and started weeding for an hour until R popped up. We had to soak the area considerably before starting since the ground was so hard and dry.


Results of first major weeding, left side

There were two plants with major root growth that could've filled our wheelbarrel by themselves. I made four or five trips to the weed drop-off site with the wheelbarrel, and man was the entire weeding ordeal fatiguing.


Results of first major weeding, lower center

We found two wooden planters that were rotted through and thus needed to be tossed. Also, black netting and pieces of a plastic gallon milk jug were hidden by weeds towards the back end of the plot. We managed to get all the junk thrown away.


Results of first major weeding, right side

The plot looks good now, even if I do say so myself. We're worried about neighboring plots and their weeds, since the weeds are rooted deeply on their side of the border, but the weed branches and seeds are hanging over on our side. Likely we'll just keep a bare strip of earth lining our plot.


Before weeding

You can compare this final result of our first major weeding endeavor with this picture from our earlier post, pre-weeding. We anticipate we'll have more weeding to do, but not bad as this first bit.


Final result of Sat. weeding

We still need to turn over the soil and add horse fertilizer, as well as put up some barrier to keep out pests like rabbits and rats. We'll probably start peas sometime next week.