Today was warm, sunny and quite windy. I spent the day in the BRC orchard mowing the paths and cutting back blackberries, comfrey and nettles—all three now in bloom—from around the apple trees. If we have enough moisture, we should have an excellent blackberry crop. I piled most of what I cut as mulch around the trees, although I set aside piles of nettles (Urtica dioica) which will be steeped and fermented in a barrel, then sprayed on the trees as a pesticide and a nutrient. (What goes around, comes around—will the circle be unbroken etc.) In the early evening I harvested asparagus. We’re still getting many spears daily that are tender and delicious. We’ll stop cutting in a week or two and allow the remaining spears to grow to maturity.