Feels like progress

I've finally finished the rest of the weeding in the raised bed, and made a start on the next one. For those of you wondering how weeding can possibly take so long, here's a picture:

This is a 1 foot square area, and that is the amount of weeds LEFT after an hours weeding! It took 3 bucketfuls of weeds to clear the last 2 by 3 foot area.

After that I made a start on outlining the new bed. This will also need weeding and I've bought a manual soil sifter to help with that - it should arrive next week. But if I can get that done, hopefully next weekend I will be sowing some onions and some oriental greens. It's starting to look like a proper vegetable bed.