Well Friday was once again another busy day that started with a 6'ish roll out. The temp's were very comfortable at first and then progressively warmed up to the middle 80's by the afternoon; however the lack of humidity and a breeze kept it nice. We did see a couple of sun showers which made the rocks in the driveway wet but that was about all. We really could use a nice rain as I'm hand watering the vegetable and flower gardens.
I roll out somewhere around 6'ish to start the day. After my usual cup of hot green tea after a handful of vitamins and supplements, a few quiet moments and posting of this ramble I headed out to survey the gardens for any slug or deer damage. The extra conditions have kept the slugs at bay as they like rainy weather and the deer fence seems to be working so far. I loaded up the back of the truck with several empty fertilizer bags as well as 5 gallon buckets and headed over to the Dalton Farm for some alpaca and cow manure that had been maturing in one of their sheds since winter. Wow was that ever some nice aged droppings and I worked it in to my garden soil. Nancy even made a cocktail for her flowers by soaking some in a bucket of water then spreading in into plants.
After getting back from my manure gathering we took a hike to the top of the mountain and saw some folks who were looking at the houses for sale there. We gave them what we knew about the properties then headed on across the top. The clouds had rolled in which made the walk on top much cooler for a change as the sun is usually broiling us. There was no one home at the Browning's so we headed on down the back road which is always several degrees cooler under the shade trees.
We cleaned up some leftovers from last nights supper for lunch then I headed out with the chainsaw to sever some roots from around my stumps that I have been digging on for the past couple of days. I still have several to cut but will require some more digging before I can make an attempt to remove the stump from the hole with neighbor Gerald's front end loader on his tractor.
Our friend Karin came by to retrieve her cell phone she accidently left after last nights get together. I dug her some kale plants so she could transplant into her raised beds. We do a plant swap as she always has too many seedlings for her small beds and is quite the gardener as well. I headed down in the cool basement for an hour or so to cool off while changing out saw blades.
We decided to have beef burritos with fresh mushrooms and onions sautéed in Italian dressing with sour cream and Chrystal hot sauce and a Serano pepper for me, yeow was that ever delicious and spicy. After the cleanup I worked outside in the garden and Nancy in her flower beds until nearly dark. I tried to watch the Fox News channel and drifted off to moments of sleep so I got a shower and then read until the sandman cometh before 10, nighty nighty, LATER
I almost forgot to mention we skyped with the Ross Family. Ava, Sam and Eliza seemed to have all changed in just the 3 weeks since we last saw them.
