So far I've taken a hoe to it to break up the grass, dug up three deeply embedded leafy weeds, turned it all over with a garden fork (which also involved pulling out a whole network of long ropey roots), sprinkled some aged compost over it, and soaked it all with the hose.
Because of +Annette's food requirements, we're fairly limited in the crops we can usefully plant. It's a bit late in the season, but we're going to start off trying some leeks and spring onions. As the months pass, we'll add more stuff as it comes into season.
I've never been much of a gardener, so this is a whole new exercise for me. I still need to figure out stuff like fertiliser and pest control, and no doubt dozens of things I've never even thought of. But I have the Yate's Garden Guide, so hopefully my first foray into food production won't be a complete disaster!
