Hello Again!
The weather lasted long enough for me to get another solid days work weeding that raspberry patch
I’d put the sprinkler on after the first go to soften the ground up as I knew I’d be tackling that horrible creeping buttercup
All the chooks got right in to ‘help’
Funny but so pesty!
This was a slow tedious task… the creeping buttercup puts down tentacle roots that hang on. And as it branches out, it has elbows in the branch that ALSO throw down those roots!!
In among the canes makes it hard to get out easily
I relocated a bunch of canes that were too far out. Hopefully they wont even know they’ve been moved!
Looking more hopeful
I simply dug the shovel under the patch of weeds at the front and sliced off the problem plants.. came up reasonably well as they were growing on top of the woodchip and not too far into the soil
The girls had SO much fun!
I was done in… and it rained on me 15 minutes before I was done! Of course
Yesterday Jeff came down to help with the netting and stringing side of things
Just stretching out the net to check it was usable
We immediately trapped 4 chooks inside it haha
From there it was a matter of getting all the sides pinned down, putting some blood and bone through the patch and mulching it
I watered it in again to soak in the fertiliser and from here I should be able to pop into the patch weekly to pull up any weed that dares poke through.
Don’t want to go through that again!!
Lots of raspberries in the making.
Looking forward to sharing these with all the family when they arrive early January!
Pip snoopervised of course. Pictured below sitting in the scattered patch of straw that the chooks immediately kicked about everywhere before I noticed!!
Little darlings. (I had dumped an armful of straw there then had to do another task – I looked back to see them all in there kicking it to bits!!!)
(Hence waiting until netting the patch before mulching!)
Hope your weekend is fantastic!
Cheers
