Prep for the shed and more paths - with a boozy surprise!

Yesterday and today were really all about myself and the wife preparing for the arrival for the shed. We had already decided where we were going to put the shed, unfortunately this area very uneven and was covered in overgrown carpet.

Working on the shed base

After turning over and raking to even out the square, I then covered it in membrane and covered it in mulch. Tomorrow we (my parents are coming to help) are hoping to buy and erect a shed! 

The finished base

So today I decided that I was going to work on an area that I hope to end up as a raised bed and finish some of the paths.  Taking on the area where the bed was going to be was quite a job as it was weed-heavy and had lots of long grass both dead and still alive all over it. Unperturbed I set out on the area and worked on it pretty much all afternoon. Let the raking, weeding, turning over, weeding commence! As I said it did take most of the afternoon but I did get there in the end. 

The bed on the far right was the one I worked on today

Today had a surprising and welcoming ending when my neighbour who had been busy rotorvating all afternoon called me over. "I want you to try my wine" - who am I to argue, so after a chat about the many different kinds that she makes we settled on a thimble sized taster of her Plum Wine. The wine tasted like a strong dry cider and I wasn't too keen. So I decided to take bottles of of the Dry Blackberry Wine and Greengage wine - I will let you know how they taste tomorrow!

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