July 6th and the heatwave…

The heat certainly kicked up at the start of the month…

Pushing beyond 30 Degrees some days.  The work continued though, although even I had to cower in the shade on the hottest day of the year.

More because I spent 6 hours out under full Blue skies and late 20 Degree heat the day before treating reclaimed pallets and wood with preserver/colour; so I was a little precooked.

I hit the area where Asparagus has been grown for a few years by the previous owner, I initially thought it was going to be easy going turning the soil over; oh was I mistaken…

The root mass is thick and well dug in, the soil fairly compacted because of that and it’s very much a fork breaking risk laying hard into it.  So I had to resort to turning over what I could and gently breaking the roots of the Asparagus when I could.  This will take a few passes and attempts no doubt!

Also, as I started turning over the very top end of the plot the really good soil seems to have vanished in pretty much a straight line across the plot Nine Tenths of the way up.  The level of soil decreasing dramatically as the quality diminished.  I may resort to using raised beds right across the full width here or even cheat and place a Polytunnel or Two across the plot.  It’s either that or bring in soil, manure and other organic matter to rebuild the depth and quality…

 

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