After much frustration and gnashing of teeth I've now decided NOT to re-sow the meadow this autumn after all! Although I've given the plot several fastiduous weedings, I'm not convinced the soil is clear of seed from the old turf, especially as we allowed the grasses to set seed these last two years running. Instead, we're going to leave it till next autumn. We could sow in the spring, but that would mean a lot of the wildflowers would escape the peroid of winter cold they need to germinate. So what we're going to do is to use the plot next year for a native annuals mix, giving us a colourful show, and lots of nector for foraging insects. Come late summer we'll pull out the spent plants and cultivate the border again ready for the grassland mix. Meadow's can take a couple of years to begin to show their true beauty, and so the urge has been to rush in quick. But with something like this it pays to be really patient and to do the job well.