the vegetable patch

i had a gardener here earlier this week to take up part of the lawn and dig out the new vegetable patch, widen the existing beds and add manure...this garden has had nothing added for years..although i did add chicken manure last year. we had the lavetera taken out as it really took over the bed it was in last year.
ive already started on the seeds....peas, marigolds, tomatoes and begamot have gone in this week. its too cold for them outside at the moment so they are taking over the kitchen. i got some duck tape today to patch up the plastic greenhouse as it took a battering last year. i also got 2 40 litre yellow...and i mean yellow.... buckets today from wicks for the potatoes to go in, as i think they will be better than the compost bags that i was going to use, they were only £3.99 each...bargain.
i ordered a compost bin from recyclenow.com my council partakes in a scheme where you get cheap compost bins...so £11 was spent on a compost bin and a small blue kitchen worktop bin for the peelings etc.
i'm saving my empty plastic milk bottles as i am going to cut them down and use them for cloches for the peas.