3 hours to plant Sweetcorn?

You can tell how still unfit I am. It's a long recovery process and these past few weeks have definitely taken a huge toll on me.

The Sweetcorn has been sitting in the greenhouse for ages now. The are becoming potbound. But we do have a nice plot for them. It was last years courgette heap that has been covered all winter. The soil underneath has broken down and composted into a really good tilth so it's relatively easy to break up and rake level. Which is just as well.

Now one other thing that has been sitting in the greenhouse is the potatoes. I put them out to start chitting back at the start of April and since then, I haven't been able to do anything with them. So it's kind of a waste. Fortunately this bed is rather large and can easily accommodate having some spuds in as well. If they survive and come up then thats OK. If they just rot and die, then thats OK too.

The only drawback is that it took me nearly three hours just to rake over this bed and get everything planted. And yes, there are still a shed load of weeds and grasses still lying around because I don't have the strength to clear them out as yet.

Meanwhile, elsewhere The Wife is plucking strawberries and weeds in equal measures. The bind weed is poking it's head up everywhere. Mostly though it's managed to weave itself in and out of the rhubarb. Only one thing for it... clear out some of the rhubarb.

4.3Kg of rhubarb later... I guess it's time to make a huge batch of Rhubarb and Ginger Jam.

Sunday Night Update: 4.3kg of Rhubarb, an equal quantity of sugar, a shed load of ginger and a bottle of pectin later... and there are 18 and a half jars of deliciousness waiting to be given away to my colleagues at work and neighbours.