The rains are gone and in their place
is very soggy ground and a cold (45°) and very windy day. I told
DH to bring the ATV down to the back door when he was finished
checking the cows and I would harvest the rest of the pumpkins
before our 20° temperatures hit. We ended up with 5.25 inches of rain.
He called me to the back porch and said
look: He had harvested almost all of them and had a place cleared in
the milk parlor for them. I spied a few more and sent him back to get
them.....most and maybe all will become either cattle or chicken
feed. I will pick the largest one with the best dark color for
seeds to share.
We ended up with 25 total from one hill of maybe 5 plants or less. I will not be growing them next year!
He also had taken out the compost
bucket and dumped. As I said before, he is a keeper.
The fencing man showed up today and we
are having him clear the fence lines along the lane that runs down
the middle of the farm. We thought the front ditch was still too wet
for him to finish that up.
I hope to be finished with these
projects soon both because of the cost and the never knowing when he will return.
