today was another warm april day, close to 77 degrees again. this makes quite a few sunny days in a row. spencer set up irrigation yesterday for the field with the direct seeded crops. we will use our overhead sprinklers for this area. the lower field by the greenhouse will be on drip mostly. next week we start transplanting into this other field. it looks great.
spencer started to prep the beds by discing some of winter wheat today. i finally had a chance to cut back the raspberry canes. i usually get them pruned before the new shoots start coming up. i was late this year. this is another perrenial crop that we plan to move around into a more permanent spot. i transplanted them last summer from burlington. these bushes seem so rugged. i am sure they will do just fine. i don't expect to get much fruit from them this year. that is fine. we have more than enough wild berries on the farm to keep us happy.
our washing machine is hooked up now. i have to say "thanks mom" for letting us wash clothes at your house these past 6 months. i also made a few trips to the laundromat that i won't miss. this weather has been perfect for line drying. i love the way clothes smell when they are dried in the sun. funny, yesterday i was thinking about the time when some of our clothes were stolen off the line the night before i started high school. my parents have a clothes line called an umbrella drying rack that i really like. i came across one in the real goods catalogue one day.
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