Thank you
@murphysranch , the different discourses about hay have been for people that don't realize all that actually goes into the growing and making decent quality hay... especially the different climates and how the weather... humidity... can make a GOOD quality hay or an "okay" quality hay. Plus the costs to make hay.... it is expensive to make hay... so we try to make the best quality so that it makes the feeding value of the hay better.
Sunday... just made some lunch. 64 overnight... was 86 last time I looked. Mostly sun, but some high clouds.
Surprisingly, all the misty weather yesterday produced only 1/10th inch of rain. Just enough to keep it wet out, but not much to add much to the soil. But , it was still better than 100 degree burning down sun. This is giving the ground a chance to keep soaking in any we get, instead of baking it to a crisp in a few hours.
The rain/shower chances go up as the afternoon wears on... and chances range from 25-60% through the week. Our corn looks sooooo much better with this last weeks rain. The fields are greening up, and DS had spread fertilizer a week or so ago, and this rain has put it down into the ground where it will feed the roots and not burn them up....
I am going out to get on the mower and tidy up everything since the grass is growing since it rained. Need to go around where the netting is .
Last night Deb and I went out to eat at a Mexican restaurant... Sinaloa style. It was pretty good... they have been open for about 9 months they said... and they make guacamole tableside if you order it as an appetizer... VERY GOOD guacamole... Also they serve alot of seafood. After looking it up, it makes sense since it is on the western side of Mexico along the coast.
Then we came back to her house, and she had a jigsaw puzzle there she had been working on for a couple months (remember she is only out every couple of weekends so not alot of actual "days" to work on it), and I have "helped" a little when I have been there... Well, we finished it up last night... It was about 9 or so when we got back from eating, and it was nearly 11:30 when I finally left to come home...
She was hoping to get the lawn mowed today since she is going on vacation with her stepdaughter and SIL and the 3 kids for a week... leaving next Sat and gone for a week... and probably will not come out that following Sunday unless there is a problem here... DS did go pick up her lawn mower at the JD dealership as it had several issues that needed fixing... a fluid leak in a rigid "hose/tubing" and some other stuff I think.
It is warm out, but not sweltering, so I am headed back out to do some more stuff. Will try to make a trip to the dumpster later too, with the stuff on the truck. Got some of the piles of rocks picked up and in the buckets, and want to get the rest done and out of there, so I can finish up that mulch..hopefully this evening since I didn't do it last night.
Got to pick squash again too... and get some blanched and frozen for the winter.
