Coffee anyone ?

[River Buffaloes]

Coffee is ready. It’s going to storm and rain again tonight. We actually had a couple of days without rain and here it comes again.
We are going to slaughter chickens again today. Our goal is 12. Then there will be 21 left. 10 more are sold, so 23 plus 5 already in the freezer, so 28 to split between us and DD’s family.

Here it's raining since day before yesterday and it may rain for a couple days. I don't like misplaced weather, I hate to tell you.

 

[Baymule]

Coffee is ready. Customer came yesterday and picked up her 10 chickens. She helps her parents with their blueberry farm. The hard freeze we had in February ruined their early varieties harvest. Normally there are blueberries ready by Memorial Day weekend, but not this time. They won’t have blueberries ready until late June. The incessant rains and cool weather has slowed the later varieties. She and her 76 year old Dad planted 9 acres in various vegetables and many of those have failed or slowed in growth and production. It’s not just her, but everyone in east Texas. Farmers Markets are rather bare.

Going to cut and vacuum seal the 10 chickens we did yesterday. One lady wants one chicken, another wants 2, another wants 3 and another wants 4.

I really need a small slaughter house!

Stormed last night, heavy rain and thunder woke me up several times. Still raining but the heavy storms have gone south of us now.

Everybody have a great day!

 

[Mini Horses]

Another ditto day. Hot and dry! So badly need rain....looks like it will come all around me this weekend, just not here???? Wait and see. May win the lottery, too.

First time in years I've needed hay this time of year, as pastures are drying up.

Working jobs today. Been busy and usually this is a slow time job wise. Seems stores are doing a LOT of store remodelings. They need to get done. I need home time Jul and Aug.

 

[Mini Horses]

Just got your post, Bay. Yes, there are/have been crop losses and delays here with weather. Our current drought affects even more!

Feed prices just keep skyrocketing! Not gonna get better, either.

 

[River Buffaloes]

Coffee is ready. Customer came yesterday and picked up her 10 chickens. She helps her parents with their blueberry farm. The hard freeze we had in February ruined their early varieties harvest. Normally there are blueberries ready by Memorial Day weekend, but not this time. They won’t have blueberries ready until late June. The incessant rains and cool weather has slowed the later varieties. She and her 76 year old Dad planted 9 acres in various vegetables and many of those have failed or slowed in growth and production. It’s not just her, but everyone in east Texas. Farmers Markets are rather bare.

Going to cut and vacuum seal the 10 chickens we did yesterday. One lady wants one chicken, another wants 2, another wants 3 and another wants 4.

I really need a small slaughter house!

Stormed last night, heavy rain and thunder woke me up several times. Still raining but the heavy storms have gone south of us now.

Everybody have a great day!

Good morning folks.


We are having a tough week ourselves. Forget about the market and produce, we all know the situation we are facing. The weather is giving no respite either. It's raining and raining and raining. The power is out since yesterday 2 PM, it's about 5 o'clock now. They tried giving electricity, but the cables have fallen because of wind. Someone's goat got electrocuted so they shut the electricity again.

 

[promiseacres]

Thanks @Baymule
We are finally getting rain. 1" so far. Probably will have to wait to cut the hay. Hopefully it dries by Monday... Tuesday I have to take in horses for measuring.
Today just dog 4H. Show is in 2 weeks. Hubby is complaining about the amount of time softball is taking.... dd1 hasn't made tractor driving practice much but she's happy doing the softball. She's tiny so has issues with the safety seat switches in any case.
Our pear tree lost it's pears again due late freezes this spring or early warm spells...

 

[River Buffaloes]

Another ditto day. Hot and dry! So badly need rain...

I am so ready to share some rain with you. Come with your ropes!!!

 

[Baymule]

@River Buffaloes bummer on no power. Any idea when power might come back on? Is this your gardening season?
We got one picking of the small red wild plums. I’m afraid the hard rains knocked off ripe ones last night. I’ll be busy all day, but maybe tomorrow we can go see if any are ready to pick. A late frost last year resulted in no wild plums. I make jam and it’s so good.

 

[River Buffaloes]

@River Buffaloes bummer on no power. Any idea when power might come back on? Is this your gardening season?
We got one picking of the small red wild plums. I’m afraid the hard rains knocked off ripe ones last night. I’ll be busy all day, but maybe tomorrow we can go see if any are ready to pick. A late frost last year resulted in no wild plums. I make jam and it’s so good.

The government electricians are here. We gave them tea and samosas, but we are waiting for the rain to stop.

Yes, this is our gardening season or rather orchard season. It's time for mangoes, litchi, guavas, jackfruit and bananas to ripe. Actually this is the high season.

 

[farmerjan]

Cloudy now and upper 60's. We had sun at 7, clouds at 8, and sprinkles at 9. Clouds and looks like some rain after noon time. We are in the abnormally dry area, not quite drought. But it is dry. The .6 inch rain we had is so far soaked in as to almost to not have happened and some areas not far got very little. Talked to the young fellow that helped us as a teen , and still does some stuff, yesterday afternoon he helped work cattle and preg checked last eve, and they only got about .1 inch that day. He raked hay the next day because it did not get that wet. Plus hay was a little thinner than normal so dried quickly the next day in the sun and heat.

Going down to the rental to work some more.