agree, and harvesting to use only makes it go even more wild. Luckily there are plenty of Germans, Poles, Czechs, and Ukrainians here that LOVE the fresh stuff, so we DO go through a lot of it.
I rearranged all the tomato plants rows today, reset the cattle panels and posts, tilled and turned the planting soil and set loose the hens for grub duty again.
I replaced all the surrounding mulch.
Tomorrow I'll add alpaca manure I and gypsum and other goodies and take the tiller to it again...
well, I'm only 35 feet from the sun and go from flooding years to years in a row of extreme drought. I've got wild micro asters, purple and white, everywhere, the lawn, the garden the compost pile, the gravel drive....... hearty boogers
Worked outside all day.
Manure bin is finally totally finished.
I tore the tomato side of the garden apart to shift things around for some new plantings, but the girls invaded. I let them when I saw all the grubs they were finding.
Fixed a fence post.
Broke the mainline for the electric fence...
If it wasn't at 16% moisture, they may have had to load and haul and dry to store.
Or maybe they clogged something, or the undone part of the field was too wet/boggy.
Or maybe the beans were closer to ready.
Or maybe they have multiple varieties in each field to maximize the yield on the weather.
over 90' and I tried a dust mask while on the tractor, but that made it worse. The 3M 9211+ wasn't even cutting it. Oh well. It's the season.
Can't win for trying.
THe harvest dust with mold mixed in is the worst I've seen it here. Even DH is having problems and he's not allergic to anything.
@Justagalwithchicks how you doing over there??
I have one pullet, a silkie that hasn't started yet. I was told they take forever to start. She's at 6 months now. I don't expect her to lay until November or December.
Worked all day on the new compost/manure bin. I need to get a hog panel tomorrow to keep the hens out, but otherwise it's done. It was HOT, windy, dusty, buggy work.
Next up is resetting the tomato rows in the garden. Maybe Sunday.
Had plans, but sinus headache affecting my ears and cheeks won.
Got a few things done, but nothing exciting.
Saw the seed exchange is open and selling. I might have to get some apple scions.
Argh, it's mouse coming inside season. One got in the house, into the downstairs ceiling and fell between the wall studs. I can hear it jumping and scratching trying to climb and get out. I suppose in two days I'll be smelling it. Nuts.