After my second day volunteering at Turriefield I made it my mission over the weekend to clear as much as I could.
I visited the allotment several times to weed it before but then I'd mostly been pulling things up by hand. The plot's weeds had a growth spurt after some rain. Deaf nettles, and creeping buttercup infest it.
After 5 hours or so I cleared this patch. It didn't look too bad.
But in the larger context its like a spit in the ocean.
After a second session things were looking better. But there is still so much to do.
Its my goal to try and get at least HALF of the ground cleared before winter really sets in. Its a slow process though. By far the worst culprit is creeping buttercup.
At the moment this is my most hated weed. Each plant put down an deep tap root. Then it shoots off runners like a strawberry. Each plant can have up to 10 runners or so. Every runner roots and creates a new plant, that creates more runners. Of course if you leave a single root in the ground, it will create a new plant.
Its a nightmare to dig it all up.
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