A weekend of clean-up

We spent Saturday outside cleaning up the last of winter... shed sorting, raking, the last of the pruning, more raking. I found a box of old bulbs in the shed last year and planted them all, not really expecting much. Surprisingly most of them survived and are about to bloom. The weather broke 20 degrees and I think the peonies grew 4 inches in a day.

We're planning the vegetable garden right now... raised beds or double dig again. Both are tons of work but something's required for this heavy clay soil. Am leaning towards the beds but unsure what material to make them out of. Wood - can you buy untreated given that it's going to leach into the beds? Stone? Cement?

Some images... daffodils starting to bloom, our assistant gardener, and a "before" veggie patch. The roses are Don Juan climbers that need a trellis this year.