A Tease of Rain

Monday, July 29, 2024
Hello friends,
              A tease of rain.  Just sprinkles fall.  Customers come and tell us their rain stories.  Yeah, they had to stop mowing and wait for it to dry out.  We did get some cloud cover that kept the temperature down a bit, but I would love to squeeze some rain out of this humid air.  I’m just thankful that we still have water in the pond to water the garden. 
              The continuing saga of trying to save the apples and pears!  Last week we recognized that we had a problem.  We are very busy, and we put off doing anything about it.  More apples on the ground, fewer pears on the tree.  Finally, we had enough, and we took down the “easy to put up” fence (thank you Stephen) and brought out the electrified chicken netting.  Bill mowed the grass first, and I picked up all the wasted apples on the ground.  I’m used to windfalls, but 90% of the apples on the ground were either partly eaten or had teeth marks in them and left to drop.  The ground was dry and hard, so we had to wiggle, wiggle to get the stakes in the ground.  The corners were braced with the t-posts that we left in place, and we attached it to power.  After a test with the electric fence tester, we were satisfied that we had done what we could.  I’m not sure if the deer will jump the fence or not, but the coons will definitely be challenged.  So far, so good….