Mound Makin' Weekend

Raspberries don't like to have "wet feet." So the strategy is to make mounds, thereby creating an elevation through which water can drain away from the tender raspberry roots. Takes muscle, but looks so nice and neat, and in THEORY is not something we will have to do every year.

Friday

Quick break to capture the moment before the thunderstorm we hear closes in on our work for the day.

Saturday

3 hoop houses down, 3 to go.

Sunday

House #2

Whew. Done. And we even started in on getting the plastic laid down in house #1 to help keep down the weeds.

1 week count down to berry arrival!

Click here: The Unexpected Farm Girl - The Prequel for photos & amusing stories from the 2008 - 2011 part of The Unexpected Farm Girl's journey. 

Smiles!

The Unexpected Farm Girl (Erika)