We manage to keep busy although we do not farm full time. My hubby and I help our neighbors with sheep and cattle (me) and tractor work (hubby). Our 80 acres is mostly pasture, and at the present time we have yearling cattle grazing on it. Yesterday my hubby was mowing thistles and got down below the irrigation ditch and suddenly the tractor was stuck clear up to the hubs! He had a nice walk back to the house, got the smaller tractor and some tools and went to remove the brush hog and put a drawbar on it. He came back all muddy. I hosed off his arms, they were mud almost to his shoulders. This morning our neighbor came with a bigger tractor to pull it out.
It's always something!
Our weather has been cooler than normal so everything is about 2-3 weeks later than normal. Today's forecast high is 80. Neighbors all around us are busy haying. Sometimes I wake up to the sound of a baler. The extra humidity overnight helps the hay pack nicely. Our climate is very dry, perfect for curing hay, but baling in the afternoon produces bales that don't pack as well as morning baled hay, unless there is a thunderstorm nearby that raises the humidity.
I'm deep watering my vegetable garden today. Picked the first of the peas yesterday and missed a few, so I snacked on them this morning while I was moving hoses around. I need a drip system, or so my truck gardening neighbor tells me. The tomatoes have some of those leaky hoses under plastic, that is as automated as I've gotten so far, but it does sound like it would save a lot of time. However, I hoe and weed while the water runs beside the rows, move the sprinkler to another row, and go back to work, or snacking....
