Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Still going...
93+ degrees today with impending storms tonight. Still weeding the blueberries..... But I have a new technique which I hope will help speed things up a bit. I weed around the the blueberry bush about 1-2 feet in all directions and then proceed to the next plant. Then after I've done about 15-20 plants I take the Stihl handheld sickle bar and mow the weeds between the plants. Seems to be working. Perhaps in a week to 10 days I'll be done. 150 plants done, 1050 to go.... Hmmmm... Three weeks until blueberry picking! Yum!
Melancholy
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