Things have not gone well in the garden this year, although I intend to do a little bit more for my own sanity and peace than for anything else. The garden as usual needs a good sort out and I have been fretting to get out there and start doing something about it. I have ordered in a few more planters and I am going to get them started off with some simple crops like mixed salad leaves etc.  It will be a little start and something that should help with not having to buy in lettuce leaves. I also intend to grow some Mustard and Cress.  I love this with egg - sandwiches in particular and the greens do you good. Saturday 2 May 2026 Yesterday, despite having a lot of pain and discomfort I managed to get out in the lovely weather for a while.  I have started clearing the right hand side border of the patio slabs where the weeds have kind of took over.  I managed to half clear it. I have to go over it with a fork and clear any twitch out of the soil. There are some lumps o...