Full Moon

Monday, October 30, 2023
Hello friends,
              The full moon was Saturday, but because of the cloud cover we couldn’t see it.  Tonight is very clear, and the big harvest (almost full) moon made a dramatic statement in the eastern sky.  Wow!  No blanket of insulation to keep the daytime warmth from escaping into the atmosphere.  It should be chilly tonight.  We removed any usable produce from the garden on Saturday and my dining room is loaded with green peppers and green tomatoes.  Parsley is drying on cookie sheets, and beans are in the fridge.  One season ends and another season begins.
              We ended up with about 4.75 inches of rain for the week.  Very beneficial for the thirsty ground.  Amazingly, the sump pump didn’t run at all.  It has been so dry for so long that the moisture soaked in but has not filled the water table yet.  Wow.  We have two ponds for water for the cows, one has a huge watershed and fills easily, the other one in the lower 20 is still very low.  We need both to provide water for the cows in the winter so amazingly, we could still use a pond-filler rain!  I’m not a fan of the mud behind the creamery, but I can’t complain too much.  Mud comes with rain…..