How bad do you want those raspberries?

Sunday is a day reserved for something other than going to work. It may be a fun day or a work at home day, but it is definitely a day that the alarm is not set and the pace is much slower. I started with coffee and my morning meditative reading, which quoted the principle of Archimedes and the power of the lever when placed just right…the earth could be moved. Little did I know how that would be put into practice later in the day. After several hours of transplanting young seedlings and planting fresh seeds in trays in the greenhouse, I uncovered my dahlia bulbs and put them in soil hoping to give them a headstart. All was watered and I was ready to quit to go put some burgers on the grill when I spotted the raspberry bush by the door, waiting for a day such as this to go in the ground. I already have a raspberry bush, but couldn’t resist this one when I saw it on the nursery racks a couple weeks earlier. I had just the right amount of space for it, and it will only take a minute or two I thought. So I wielded my new digging spade, a bag of compost, and my little plant and started to dig…clink! A little to the left, clink! A little to the right, clink! I got down on my hands and knees, raked away the soil to reveal a very large rock that was comfortably residing in the only spot I had left for my raspberry bush. I removed all the wedged rocks around it, and left a small one in front to use as a fulcrum, and after several tries, it came free…Archimedes was right! What was failed to mention was, though I could move the rock, my female frame could not lift the rock. So, I interrupted Jack from his project of building the state’s best chicken coop and asked for his assistance removing the small boulder, he was happy to oblige. What remained was a huge hole, I would need a second bag of compost, but I had a new home for my raspberry bush. Lessons: learn from the ancients, don’t give up, and ask for help when you need it…because raspberries are worth it!