Perseverance

So after last year's failure I thought I'd have one more go and try planting some winter wheat. The nice folk at Kings Seeds supplied me with what I believe to be some Solstice seeds and I did a little digging:

My spade-work revealed the ground wasn't quite as fertile as I'd thought, being riddled with lots of small roots from the surrounding foliage; turns out digging is the very definition of back-breaking work. So as an extra precaution I dug-in some general purpose compost too, which probably isn't ideal but it was on special offer at the local DIY place.
I drilled the seeds this year to save a bit of time, and finally made a slightly more thorough job of the bird netting, now the waiting begins...