Asparagus Bed – preparation – with a little help from my friends with large machinery!

It only took a couple of hours to till a paddock in preparation for planting an asparagus bed.

 

Breaking the first sod – it didn’t take long, even with only a small 2 sod plough
Breaking the first sod - Ploughing with a 2 sod plough
Breaking the first sod – Ploughing with a 2 sod plough.  Probably the first time in a century!

 

 

 

 

 

Rotavating - a single run disc harrowed and rotovated all in one - tilled the sod and removed large stones
Rotavating – a single run disc harrowed and rotovated all in one – tilled the sod and removed large stones
All tilled and ready for planting - just need to let it dry out for a day or two.
All tilled and ready for planting – just need to let it dry out for a day or two.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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