Dirt... an empty canvas

My "garden" in July, 2004.
I want to keep a journal about what plant is growing at which time of year, and how my garden is growing. I thought I would start with the empty plot, as it was when we first moved here 2 years ago, out to the country in the middle of Ireland. See the red thing over at the left? There's a Celestial Rose, planted when the tractors and machinery were still moving around. With red plastic tied around it, so it wouldn't be mistaken for a weed.