Still getting rid of the raspberry patch

Back in October this area that was overgrown with neglected raspberry canes was just too tough to dig with a spade but now the damp earth is soft enough to remove the rasp roots and crumbles sufficiently to tease out brittle bindweed rhizomes.

Bindweed roots from a single spadefull 

..and every spadefull has been the same

The original fruit bed started where the bean frame now is. The whole bed needed deep digging and sorting through a handful at a time.