Rouse has been doing some "heavy" work in the garden. He filled the new asparagus bed with turkey-litter topsoil this weekend. I played in the dirt a little myself today, mixing in a big bag of peat moss.
He also built another 4' x 12' by 10" raised bed. This will allow for a little more flexibility during seasonal transitions when it's time to plant new crops and the previous season crops aren't quite finished.
On Friday, I supervised while Rouse planted the Nanking Bush Cherries (3 plants) in the raised bed that used to hold the hybrid blackberries. Then he decided to add some fruit trees in the side yard, all inside the deer fence. He put in a Bosc Pear, a Golden Delicious Apple, a Gala Apple, and a Bing Cherry. We do love our fruit!
He piled leaf mulch around the base of the trees to prevent the soil from drying out too quickly. The chickens moved in immediately to scratch.
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