Benefits of lack of snow

With there being a bit of a dry spell we haven't been skiing for the past few days (it was getting to be more earth than snow), but looking on the bright side this meant that for once we did something on the garden over the winter. Usually it is too much in to the spring that we start and all the weeds have sprung in to life (yet again they keep doing it every time we turn our backs). Doug mowed around it so we could actually get to the beds and I have weeded 6 of them (out of 10).
Although it was all a bit hard work it is a lot lot LOT less work than the first year (2012) that we were doing this when the whole thing was either compacted mud (where the pigs had been) or dense with super hard grass embedded in mud concrete. It is now possible to week by just pulling them out in most cases rather than having to dig them out with a fork or mattock. There is still the odd dock and huge clump of tough grass but it gets easier each year (possibly this year the 2 beds not weeded or planted last year will be a bit of a trial).

Giant pile of weeds removed

Damp but mowed and weeded. You can see the weather has changed which is good for the ski area, but less good for normal life.