Weed gone to seed
With more people in the field this year, end-of-season clean-up is already well underway. Here, Midori, visiting after moving to France a couple of years back, removes weeds that’ve gone to seed from three older beds of mesclun. Ideally, finished beds would be promptly mowed down, spread with compost, tilled in, and then seeded with a new veggie or cover crop a week or two later. Things aren’t usually that efficient, finished beds sometimes sit for weeks, weeds pop up in the interim, and if they go to seed, have to be removed before tilling… Lying around: the green plastic garden totes are quite useful once the handles have been properly reinforced with rivets; the old builder’s wheelbarrow comes in handy for rocks, fallen tomatoes and the like. The grass in front, in need of mowing, is part of a wide path on one side of the greenhouse, the grass beyond is the magnificent oats! Oh, no frost last night, as you can see from the happy peppers at the top of the pic!
Somewhat related posts: • After the rain… • Crops among the weeds • O, the luxury! • Extreme makeover • Seed starting tools
