Weeding and planning

Our schedule over the last couple weeks has been murderous.  We've been running to and fro, adding projects to an ever growing list, and running out of time.  A few posts ago, I was lamenting my lack of time. 

This craziness in our schedule left very little time to attend to StonePath and as a result the weeds began to take over. We were not about to let them take control, so over the past few days and culminating today, we waged war on the weeds.

We started bed by bed, moving in order until I am happy to say the beds are clean! I actually don't mind weeding, if I'm alone I use the time to pray and dream.  Usually, however, Shelley is with me and we talk, listen to music, and dream.  Often, this is one of the few moments we can share alone because our children want nothing to do with weeding.

We also had time to plan the next phases of the farm. We finally settled on an area for the asparagus bed.  We intend to build up an area just outside the upper gardens.  We plan on building a raised bed using stone, for a permanent structure.  This will enable us to increase the bed depth for the asparagus.  The stone wall/bed will be low, no ,more then 12 -18 inches in height. We love using stone in the gardens (probably why we named the place as we did), and this will really set it apart.

We also set aside an area for a raspberry patch.  Shelley has a friend in P.A. that is willing to give us all the canes we need. I love permaculture and this fits the bill perfectly.

Finally, in our planning, we have decided to add meat rabbits along with the chickens we are getting next spring. The rabbits and chickens are going to satisfy many needs here at StonePath.

First up, however, is to remove 4 stumps that lie directly in the way of the proposed chicken coop, and raspberry patch.  I plan on renting the stump grinder this weekend.