There wasn't pretty enough room to plant our dozen raspberry canes in a single row, so we placed them in staggered rows, about 18 inches aside diagonally (with an opening to provide get entry to to our telephone field). It took four luggage of mulch to cover the lot to the 6-inch depth the books endorse. (That's one point I hadn't definitely considered on this complete planting escapade: the vegetation themselves are a one-time rate, but they may have ongoing protection costs in compost and mulch. But despite the fact that, they shouldn't need almost as a whole lot mulch brought on a each yr foundation as they did this number one time.)
I additionally had been given my first crop of the 12 months into the garden: my snap peas. Actually, if the seed packet is to be believed, I probable need to have planted the ones earlier, because it says
Unfortunately, we now have a week to wait before another weekend rolls around and we can tackle our next outdoor chore: hacking down the big forsythia bush that's currently obstructing our access to the new raspberry bed. I could work on it during the week, of course, but Brian thinks it's more a brute-force job that he should be the one to handle. And I'll also need his participation the other two jobs we've just added to our to-do list based on this weekend's activities: cleaning out the shed and the workshop. Those don't require as much brute force, but they do require both of us to be present during the process, or else we'll never be able to find anything afterwards. Hmm...maybe I could at least start sort of planning out where to put things....
