The first negative occurrence came today. Last Monday the "next" patch to be tackled was covered in green dandelion plants, due to face the hoe this weekend. By the time I arrived on Sunday they'd gone to seed. Blast! A back-breaking emergency pulling-up session got them off the plot and onto the burning heap, but not before they'd shed 75% of their seed spores, which floated off like some kind of demonic horticultural parachute shock troops. All over the patch I'd removed them from, and probably some neighbouring gardens as well.
OK, it's not a major disaster. But it IS a negative, and our first, and a bit dis-heartening. As the picture shows, the white patches of ground are actually covered with a carpet of seeds. There are still lots of weeds on that particular bit, but they'll dig in when I get that far.
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