The weather has varied between wet and windy and almost spring like this past week, so on the good days work has been done on clearing any remaining weeds and preparing raised beds for planting.
This time of year the annual weeds have not got into growing mode yet, but the grasses and perennial weeds are easily spotted and can be dug out while the soil is still moist. Once my plot dries out more, it is a sandy soil, the perennial weeds are almost impossible to dig out. When the annual weeds start to appear if most of the perennial weeds have been cleared then a hoe can be used to chop the tops off the annual weeds. Well in theory it sounds easy, but still requires a bit of effort to keep ahead of the opportunist weeds.
This time of year the annual weeds have not got into growing mode yet, but the grasses and perennial weeds are easily spotted and can be dug out while the soil is still moist. Once my plot dries out more, it is a sandy soil, the perennial weeds are almost impossible to dig out. When the annual weeds start to appear if most of the perennial weeds have been cleared then a hoe can be used to chop the tops off the annual weeds. Well in theory it sounds easy, but still requires a bit of effort to keep ahead of the opportunist weeds.
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