Rainy Last Day of August

Monday, August 31, 2020
Hello friends,
              The last day of August.  A rainy day for sure.  Saturday farmer’s market was pretty wet as well, but all the farmers were thankful for rain on their farms.  Those pastures that Bill just finished mowing were starting to go dormant,  but now they are quickly greening back up.  One less thing to do when you don’t have to water the garden.  The flowers down by the sign are looking good.  It looks like it’s not done yet either.
              I got a new apple picker in the mail today.  It has a telescopic pole that allows me to reach 13 feet!  Then if I get on a ladder… I should be able to reach a lot more than just Bill on a ladder.  Remember when he got the tractor and I sat in the bucket?  That was not what I call ideal.  And I didn’t like driving the tractor in the orchard either.  Not as many apples as I was hoping for this year.  Too many of them are disappearing.  Yes, we have gone out after dark looking for coons and possums, but we suspect something larger, that doesn’t leave a mess behind.  And trims the ends of the branches.  Yep, we suspect deer.  Plans are in the works for an electric fence next year.  We bought a nice cider press two years ago and only used it that one season.  I have apples to share with the wildlife if they would take the windfalls and less than perfect ones, but they go for the nice ones!…