Decanting More Humus

A visit to the allotment this afternoon, it was supposed to be 9C but it didn't feel like it and as it reached 3pm and the sun was going down a distinct chill could be felt despite the digging.

I managed to fill 5 number 30 litre pots with handles with humas from the raised bed footprint.

I've covered the bed back up to keep the soil dry until the next dry day visit to dig out and decant more into buckets.

Soil turned with a fork and then a spade used to fill the 30 litre pots with handles which have been stacked in the path either side of bed 15a.

It's hard to see in a photograph how deep I have gone.

Empty pots put on top of the full pots to stop the foxes from digging them out. 

End of play today I would say between 40-45% of the plan area excavated

Scaffold boards and gardening tray covering the bed to keep the rain out and the soil from being saturated to make excavating and decanting the humus easier next dry day.

It's going to take time to get all these raised beds in, but it's going to be worthwhile in the long run, plus it makes me exercise and use my body.