Pulling in favours to shift mulch on a Sunday

Using only wheel-barrows last Saturday nearly broke us…. time to mechanise.

We had perfect weather and plenty of help to get all the mulch down on the blueberries and the weed matting throughout the orchard. Friends and family came to help, some brought tractors, some brought trailers, some brought wheel-barrows, all brought shovels.

The team cracked on giving us time to get the organic fertilizers down, clear up rubbish around the place, set-up, test and run the irrigation across the bays. A really productive day. A good lunch with a selection of gourmet sausages and caramelised onions went down a treat, Loki was on hand to keep the place tidy too.

Loki on standby for any dropped food.

Shifting many cubes of mulch keeps us fit

Keeping fit farm style…

The aim of this mulch is try and reduce the nitrogen content, keep the plants cool and to retain more of the water once we get into the Summer season. Evidence from the States shows this can improve production too but our plants are too young to know yet. I’m sure they’ll be very appreciative of all the work being put in. Loki seems impressed.

Loki, my little four-legged brother…

Loki is our family dog and he’s a Black Labrador, just had his second birthday.

He’s cute, loving and happy to play with us all day long. Eating is his speciality, he will do anything for food… Everywhere he goes he leaves a trail of black fur and he’s a big lump, especially when he jumps on my bed at night!

Such a poser….