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Cleaning a couple former beds in #zone2

Cleaning a couple former beds in #zone2

Cleaning a couple former beds in #zone2. They had mostly annual veggies in areas with bare soil that we put cardboard and compost on. Mission accomplished, only a few perennials and rich soil remain behind.

Cleaning along the edges of a #zone2 strip so that the tall vegetation doesn't short the electric fence to the ground

Cleaning along the edges of a #zone2 strip so that the tall vegetation doesn't short the electric fence to the ground

Cleaning along the edges of a #zone2 strip so that the tall vegetation doesn't short the electric fence to the ground.

#mowing in #zone2

#mowing in #zone2

#mowing in #zone2

Mowing in #zone2

Mowing in #zone2

Mowing in #zone2

Mowing in #zone2

Mowing in #zone2

Mowing in #zone2

#chopanddrop in #zone2

#chopanddrop in #zone2

#chopanddrop in #zone2

Cleaning around trees in #zone2

Cleaning around trees in #zone2

Cleaning around trees in #zone2

New #irrigation zone with half circle #microspinklers for the windbreak on the #zone1 / #zone2 border

New #irrigation zone with half circle #microspinklers for the windbreak on the #zone1 / #zone2 border

New #irrigation zone with half circle #microspinklers for the windbreak on the #zone1 / #zone2 border.

#chopanddrop #mowing one strip of #zone2

#chopanddrop #mowing one strip of #zone2

#chopanddrop #mowing one strip of #zone2

Continuing to #mulch bare soil around the #zone2 border

Continuing to #mulch bare soil around the #zone2 border

Continuing to #mulch bare soil around the #zone2 border. On the supply side, using the opportunity to make an access path through the pile of shredded pine.

Applying manure and #mulch on bare soil near the #zone1 / #zone2 border

Applying manure and #mulch on bare soil near the #zone1 / #zone2 border

Applying manure and #mulch on bare soil near the #zone1 / #zone2 border.

Breaking up and carrying off rubble left in #zone2 (close to #zone1) after the earthworks

Breaking up and carrying off rubble left in #zone2 (close to #zone1) after the earthworks

Breaking up and carrying off rubble left in #zone2 (close to #zone1) after the earthworks. It used to be part of two access hatches for a geothermal heat pump, and now it's in the way of regenerating soil in the area and making room for animal housing.

#weeding these two beds from #zone2

#weeding these two beds from #zone2

#weeding these two beds from #zone2 One has #carrots and some other #rootvegetables and the other #tomatoes (they also got pruned and staked with the occasion) and #sweetpotatoes (unclear if they'll sprout) The beds were made #lasagnagardening style (cardboard with compost on top) and weed growth so far is minimal.