How to build a bed from scratch..

For those that think that all the gardening group are as lazy as me I shall have to correct you. They may like drinking tea and eating cake but they also like working oh so hard.

So today, task one was to dig a flower bed from scratch...  

Step one.  Start with a patch of grass and mark out you bed.  (but we live in Brighton, we don't have any grass... so do it in your neighbour's garden when they're out.)

 Step two dig up the turf.. Do it in smallish sections because someone working further down the garden might want to use it to cover up a flower bed later on.

Step three, remove the large lumps of chalk with a sieve. If you don't have chalk then add some...Why? Because it's not fair that we have all the chalk in Brighton and you lot have lovely rich clay soil. It's only fair really. 

Step four chuck on some compost and starting digging for victory.



Step five. Plant some plants and water them in. (Well l know l'm stating the *** obviously but you might forget... )

don't forget the bulbs...  It will be Spring before you know it.

and then sit back and enjoy...   Go on have another slice of Lindy's Lemon Drizzle Cake. Go on. You deserve it..

and if you're wondering what happened to all that turf...

lemon drizzle cake anyone?