Mulching

Hi everyone
Hope that you are all well. I am good and feeling quite at peace with myself. I have had a troublesome few days with family disagreements and upset but it all seems sorted now. I have decided that I really hate emails and texts as a means of communication because they are so impersonal and do not give a real sense of the emotions about is being said. Plus people often say things in emails and texts that they would not say face to face. Sign of the times I'm afraid plus that I am getting old.
Anyway life here in Spain is ticking over and the weather is okay although we do seem to be having more rain and wind than normal. Today I have been out in the garden veg plot weeding and checking my veg. I've just picked a few mangetout which I think that I might shred and have in a salad. Unfortunately the green beans are not growing well and are covered in black fly. I think that I will leave them because they seem focussed on the green beans and leaving the other veg alone. I'm really pleased that the turnip seeds are sprouting. I've never grown turnips before but I really love crushed carrot and turnip with my Sunday roast.
Because the ground here is so hard, especially in the hot summer, its not easy to grow parsnips and carrots so I have just planted seeds in a compost in a tub in the hope that they will grow.
I've noticed that we have  tomato's  turning red which is great. Everything is really early this year.
To try and stop the weeds I have just covered the veg plot with a mulch using grass cuttings. We will see whether it works but if nothing else the grass cuttings will add nutrients to the soil.
Well I will plough on working and get back to you all later.