June farm report
Lightning bug update: There sure are a lot of them this year, especially around where the grass doesn't get mowed. It's good that they're free, I couldn't afford this many othewise. Strangely, very few June bugs this year. Also, the huge bunch of little blue butterflies that usually show up a couple of days after the first major influx of lightning bugs were complete no shows. I don't understand this nature stuff.
Tickfest update: The festing of the tick is 4 weeks from Saturday. The grounds are cleared out and mowed better than ever before, biggest remaining job is to rebuild the solar shower. I’m going to wait another week or so and see if anybody attacks it, otherwise I will find some material and do it myself. If anybody wants to bring a bicycle, feel free. I’ve been scouting out the back roads around here. Might lead a sunrise bike ride one morning when there is a sunrise.
Dead horse update: I finally ran 24 miles at sub 9 minute pace last week. Have had a few nagging minor injuries so have resorted to running every other week for the last 6 weeks. Thus, I got to the 24/9 mark in week 16, not week 12 as originally planned. Still as Mehitible (sp?) the cat was prone to say, wotthehell, wotthehell, wotthehell, I got there. Best part was I did it with four runs of 6 miles each, I think longer runs are better for the old body. I’m going to stick with the every other week with bicycle riding in between until absolutely nothing hurts.
Garden update: It’s a fiasco. There will be some potatoes and maybe some late corn and a few tomatoes, not much else. Cold weather, drought, and rabbits wiped most everything out and I didn’t have the time to deal with it.
10 Good Summer update: Been studying a bit about aging now that I’m getting kinda’ old and all. It appears that the human body and mind don’t really change that much between the ages of 50 and 85 or so if (big if here) you eat properly, maintain weight, and exercise maniacally. For whatever reason, not more than one person in 500 do all that. And of course you can always catch a bad break and die of some weird thing. Right now I feel lucky so I think I will plan for 35 or 40 good summers.
Life: Is hard when you’ve got too many things that you enjoy and want to do. For several years, I’ve been trying to juggle income production, music, farm and garden, and 4 or 5 minor things. This year I’m very focused on makin’ some bucks at the expense of the other stuff. If I can stick with that for another 18 months, life will be a lot easier. Then I can raise some serious Rutabagas and learn to play a damn fiddle or something.
Tickfest update: The festing of the tick is 4 weeks from Saturday. The grounds are cleared out and mowed better than ever before, biggest remaining job is to rebuild the solar shower. I’m going to wait another week or so and see if anybody attacks it, otherwise I will find some material and do it myself. If anybody wants to bring a bicycle, feel free. I’ve been scouting out the back roads around here. Might lead a sunrise bike ride one morning when there is a sunrise.
Dead horse update: I finally ran 24 miles at sub 9 minute pace last week. Have had a few nagging minor injuries so have resorted to running every other week for the last 6 weeks. Thus, I got to the 24/9 mark in week 16, not week 12 as originally planned. Still as Mehitible (sp?) the cat was prone to say, wotthehell, wotthehell, wotthehell, I got there. Best part was I did it with four runs of 6 miles each, I think longer runs are better for the old body. I’m going to stick with the every other week with bicycle riding in between until absolutely nothing hurts.
Garden update: It’s a fiasco. There will be some potatoes and maybe some late corn and a few tomatoes, not much else. Cold weather, drought, and rabbits wiped most everything out and I didn’t have the time to deal with it.
10 Good Summer update: Been studying a bit about aging now that I’m getting kinda’ old and all. It appears that the human body and mind don’t really change that much between the ages of 50 and 85 or so if (big if here) you eat properly, maintain weight, and exercise maniacally. For whatever reason, not more than one person in 500 do all that. And of course you can always catch a bad break and die of some weird thing. Right now I feel lucky so I think I will plan for 35 or 40 good summers.
Life: Is hard when you’ve got too many things that you enjoy and want to do. For several years, I’ve been trying to juggle income production, music, farm and garden, and 4 or 5 minor things. This year I’m very focused on makin’ some bucks at the expense of the other stuff. If I can stick with that for another 18 months, life will be a lot easier. Then I can raise some serious Rutabagas and learn to play a damn fiddle or something.
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