Implements

We finally started building our mulch layer. The mulch layer should allow us to keep our produce growing without using chemicals to keep the weeds down. We have another couple of hours work to put into it to get it completed.
We're receiving our 5000 asparagus plants tomorrow! The weather this week is pretty wet and cold, so we won't be able to get them in the ground for a while. The asparagus farm that we purchased the asparagus crowns from said that they will keep in a cool place for about a week. We're keeping our fingers crossed that we can get them in the ground in the next week or less. We've been working on a design to make an implement to create the asparagus furrows that are spaced so that we can use the same cultivator for mechanical weeding that we use for sweet corn. To make the furrow implement we're trying to use the tool bar from an old cultivator that we've pulled all of the sweeps off of and then attached 2 large sweeps that will make our trenches to drop the crowns in. This work is being done over at my brother's shop so that we can work out of the weather. Now that the asparagus is on the way the priority has shifted to completing this implement. The math required to place the rows, the sweeps, and the plants has been a good exercise to teach the kids why you need to learn math... or why you need someone like Sharon around to work with.