Spring?

Spring must be about to spring upon us, all thee weeds are sprouting like Jack's beans in my fruit cage.
I spent today raking up last year's dead leaves to encourage the plants, I leave the ones in the flowerbeds to give some protection to delicate plants, frogs, toads, and other friends. The problem is that slugs and snails take refuge too. The next job is to reduce the over-mature shrubs, and rampant things like Spanish bluebells to make space for new stuff.