The Amazon kindle is truely a revolution in ebooks – and personally I think they beat traditional books hands down.

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You could be mistaken in thinking I’d toiled down a coal mine. Rest assured it’s only compost but it’s coverage is a surprising 99.9% including even heavily clothed areas. Here for instance, I was wearing gloves. Thankfully that was only against blisters!

All the soil moved…

Leaving just a little required to fill to the top!

As you can see I’m now being slave driven by the wife to dig compost and load up the raised beds without break or rest. She has told me if we do not have enough compost she’s going to murder me and put my body in one of the raised beds.

At least the beans will be well fertilised next year.

It’s a good thing we changed plans on making a bed, filling a bed, making a bed, filling a bed etc as the last hour and a half has shown this to be back breaking work. I think I’d given up if I’d have a vision of what was to come.

Oh well, 3.5 to go…