Good luck!
I'm in a similar state myself with a new garden that had been under a world of slabs.
As were on a slope we've sort of built raised beds as a way of terracing to provide a flatter less quickly draining place to plant, but it also means we've got a limited area to plant in and weed! i know this might sound lazy, but i got caught out by my own enthusiasm before and only ended up growing buttercups. Living in the north of the north where i can see scotland and the isle of man, get blasted by high winds etc, it's obviouse to me i live in the med' and so i'm hoping (probobly madly) that i will get a crop of courgette and tomatoes outside this year!
suck it and see, and next year i'll grow somwthing different if i get no joy this year, maybe slabs!

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