June 23, 2009; Week 5

Last week Erin was kind enough to allow me to work a weekday afternoon instead of a weekend. It was 4 hours of straight weeding. First I used the push-plow weeder for the 200 ft rows and then the scuffle hoe for in between the plants. Weeding in between the plants take the most time to complete. It’s too easy to work hurriedly, and miss the weed roots or hack a young seedling. Finally I weeded out an aggressive patch of thistle weed invading the rows of fennel. I will remember these thistle weeds…large, invasive, very spiky, and deep-rooted.