I have decided to oust just about everything from the raised side bed on the sunny side of the garden, and just leave the minarette fruit trees and the roses in the main bed. (This is Plan A). Hopefully then, most of the garden (which isn't big) will be productive to some degree.

Rhubarb is pushing its way up, and I've noticed some chard poking its head up. Must be an ungerminated seed or two from last year. Have not decided if I'd plant spuds this year. Anyway, it's the big dig-up needed first. It's just that I hate the cold from the ground numbing my feet through the soles of my wellies, and I just know, given the "wonderful" soil in my garden, that I'll be walking back to the house 3 inches taller than I went out!

Andrea