beds and skip

A lot done today.

Soil arrived from the Soil Association, so that was used to fill the beds. There was just enough. I used up all the sifted soil as well.

The skip arrived. It's a long way away from where it should have been put, but this is because one of the posts signaling no entry is concreted in, when it shouldn't be. So the lorry couldn't access where it wanted to go. 

I put all the rubbish and all the stones in the skip. Some of the old soil too (as there is too much old clay soil!) I tried to save as many worms as I could.

I added a lot of the sand to some of the old soil and picked out the worst of the stones. This soil will be used to make a bed for potatoes and things. 

I moved some wood which has been kindly donated by a Potting Shed customer. It's slightly better/thicker than pallet wood, but there's a lot of metal brackets on them. 

I've sawn off the brackets, so I'm left with useable wood. The plan is to screw them all together and use it to make a longer, thinner bed connecting the two main veg beds, and use that for herbs.

I'll also box in where the old soil is - a bed for root veg.

Unfortunately - no pics as it got too dark, so I'll add some tomorrow.

Here is the wood I've salvaged anyway.

Pics in the morning!