A clean fire lane, for now

I used a heavy rake to clean pine needles and other debris from a section of the north fire lane by First Avenue this afternoon. Now the test will be to find out whether this improves maintenance chores or makes them more difficult.

Also, I found where my berry picker had apparently been working. Instead of simply gleaning the berries from the stalk, he clipped the stalks and then cleaned the berries into his bags. Very efficient, but I'm not sure what it does to the plants.