Tilling

We have received the emails....apple tree, aspasagus, rasberries, blueberries are on the way. There is more to come...peach, plum, pear and cherry trees. Our quest this year is to become as self sufficient as we can. We have eleminated our cable bill and we all have diesel cars that get 42 miles to the gallon. We are hoping for wind power later in the year. But right now we are focusing on our food. Not only fresh and organic but free. We chose to plant things we love that seem expensive at the market. Asparagus is the best example. We chose the largest spurs so we will actually be able to harvest some this year. Then we can expect to harvest from our bed for 20 years or more. We love cherries too, but they cost so much. Now we will have our own. All the trees were ordered in dwarf size, not growing more then 6-8 feet high. We will espalier them along the side of the garden. A technique that started back in the 1600 century and it produces more fruit for its size then full size trees.

We needed to take down a tree. Look closely in the upper right corner and you can see the stump. The tree needed to land between the wood shed and the new bed. Murph dropped it perfectly, without breaking anything!

The the ground needed to be dug up to ready it for the trees. Nothing has every been planted here and it was compacted tightly. We decided to rent a tiller. The best $39.00 we ever spent! It took only a few minuted to prepare the soil...it would have taken all day by hand. We also used it to dig a trench over by the horse run-in to start a french drain project. Next we will put up the supports for the trees. Check back for our progress.