It seems it's always like this for the first hay cutting. The threat of rain looms and area farmers are consulting crystal balls to decide when to cut. You don't want hay laying on the ground in wet weather if you can avoid it, because it will rot or mold. It needs to be dry before baling or you risk poisoning your livestock or burning down your barn.
What to do? What to do? I guess you "bite the bullet", make a decision and keep your fingers crossed.
We're now into the weather in which you slather on some sunblock and spritz on some mosquito repellent before venturing out to do the morning chores.
The humidity is sometimes notable and we've been all the way up to 90 degrees recently, although sometimes 80 seems like the new 90 in terms of humidity. It's muggy and buggy.
On the bright side: plants in the vegetable garden have experienced a growth spurt in the heat. There are already baby cucumbers forming. Chard is big and beautiful. Fennel has self seeded and already formed nice hands. Bees are in the borage; snow peas will be part of today's dinner; beans are climbing right up to the sky.
Geese set on massive nests in both flocks. In the chicken house, a goose is minding lots of guinea eggs laid in a ground nest along with goose eggs. It's unlikely anything will come of it - but if it does, I'll let you know.
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We had to cancel a short vacation because of the rainy weather so my husband can be around to make hay when the sun shines.
Darned weather.
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