Spent the last few weekends double digging the garden beds, and planted out the summer annuals.  Double digging is the process of creating deep soils by removing a bunch of dirt from a bed, breaking up the soil at the bottom – I also incorporated some manure – and then piling the soil back on top.  I’ve been experiencing a slow decline in yields from the garden proper, I think because the whole thing has become choked with roots from the surrounding trees.  Due to the ongoing drought, I’m scaling back my annual beds this year, so I’m focusing on better yields from fewer plants.