The heat in the eastern US continues and everything is slowing down. Mike even commented the other day that the beagles were wrestling with each other in slow motion. I don't think the barn or porch cats even move all day. The chickens just lie around in the shade and pant. Only the 13 year old crazy Brittany seems happy to run around the yard, dash into the creek to cool off and repeat all day long. The lack of rain is just starting to make itself known. I haven't mowed grass in over a week and a half and it doesn't really need it. Well except for all the plantain spikes all over the yard, but they don't really count.
The theme for the farm this week is tomatoes. 2500 or so tomato plants waiting to be staked and tied.
I wandered out the barn two nights ago to see how the stack of tomato stakes was shrinking. This picture was taken when the boys had staked about 1/3 of the plants so quite a few more to go at the time the photo was taken. Tuesday it was so hot that Mike sent them all home at noon. Too hot to be working in the fields in the afternoon sun. Tonight Mike reported that the boys were almost done with the staking whatever "almost done" means. Staking is a hard, hot job, but we sure do appreciate the work the boys do for us.
I wandered out the barn two nights ago to see how the stack of tomato stakes was shrinking. This picture was taken when the boys had staked about 1/3 of the plants so quite a few more to go at the time the photo was taken. Tuesday it was so hot that Mike sent them all home at noon. Too hot to be working in the fields in the afternoon sun. Tonight Mike reported that the boys were almost done with the staking whatever "almost done" means. Staking is a hard, hot job, but we sure do appreciate the work the boys do for us.
Mike also took a load of tomatoes over to the Middlefield produce auction today. First trip of the year and he said there was not much produce there, but the buyers seemed to be there. Fingers crossed that means a good price for the 'maters. You just never know at an auction.
As for me, this is live mus
ic week. My friend Val and I took a road trip to Fort Wayne, IN yesterday to see the Zac Brown Band. If you have never seen them live, you really need to. I can't even begin to describe the amazing show these boys put on. It was hot hot hot in Indiana. I think around 95 degrees in the afternoon. The show was at a very nice venue for a concert: the Parkview Field which is a minor league baseball stadium. Great acoustics from where we were sitting. Boy did the boys (and gals) on stage look like they were melting. Joey and Rory were with Zac Brown Band along with Levi Lowrey, Sonia Leigh, and Nic Cowan. 3 1/2 hours of NONSTOP music. They had to be whooped by the heat but their enthusiasm on the stage never dwindled even at the very end. Next up is Dave Matthews Band this Saturday.
ic week. My friend Val and I took a road trip to Fort Wayne, IN yesterday to see the Zac Brown Band. If you have never seen them live, you really need to. I can't even begin to describe the amazing show these boys put on. It was hot hot hot in Indiana. I think around 95 degrees in the afternoon. The show was at a very nice venue for a concert: the Parkview Field which is a minor league baseball stadium. Great acoustics from where we were sitting. Boy did the boys (and gals) on stage look like they were melting. Joey and Rory were with Zac Brown Band along with Levi Lowrey, Sonia Leigh, and Nic Cowan. 3 1/2 hours of NONSTOP music. They had to be whooped by the heat but their enthusiasm on the stage never dwindled even at the very end. Next up is Dave Matthews Band this Saturday.
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