I was hoping to have a little burn in my chiminea today, but it got sunny, and people's washing went out. I dug a new patch of garden, where the comfrey used to grow. It has been absolutely brilliant at breaking up the soil, so it is really soil-like.

I hardly needed the mattock. There were a couple of odd bits the mattock could not do anything with. I couldn't wash down to its base, either. A very thin sliver of concrete, set over a foot deep, fortunately not near enough to the surface to be a major problem, but a bit of a puzzle. And, in line with it, a broken flagstone, also set vertically, also very deep. They are quite close to the edge of the path, and parallel to it, so may have something to do with that. (Well, I say path, but I mean route fom the back gate, marked out by the odd small stepping stone, interspersed with weeds.)

I've put a layer of mushroom compost, topped with the comfreyed soil, and then added some of my own compost. Bought topsoil goes on next. Two of the edges are marked with the last of the concrete mini boulders, some with moss on. I've nearly cleared the last of the mushroom compost pile back to the patio surface.

Then I'll seed with quick salad stuff, lettuce, salad leaves, and radishes. And slug pellets, and spray susceptible plants with coffee. (I lost some salads in a propogator tray on top of the chest where I keep the tools last night!)