The Rootinator

It's Easter! Happy Spring, and Cheers to new beginnings!

Today was pretty labor intensive. The guys measured the spacing for the rows and in between:

Then stretched the twine down the whole length of the hoop house to stake out the area for the growing beds:

Then the tough part began, raking up the mounds that allow for drainaige because raspberries DO NOT like having "weet feet."

But by quitting time, the guys had some nice looking rows. Even prettier dirt than it was yesterday!

And as always, the day was challenging, but fun. We were together, and that's what matters to me.

Oh, what did I do, you might ask? They called me "The Rootinator." Whenever one of the guys came across a root impeding progress, a root that we wouldn't want to be taking up vital nutrients and space from baby berries, it was The Unexpected Farm Girl to the rescue! I swooped in with my loppers and eliminated the problem in the blink of an eye, or at least, after tugging and fighting with a root for a while, making ugly grunting noises and eventually managing to cut it down as far as I could. So you see, it was a very valuable role I played.

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)