Back to the future
Just getting back from the farm. Five whole days spent working, playing, and kayaking.
Boy, are we spent. And sore.
Got a lot done though. Harvested the rest of the potatoes and spread manure in the bed and covered with straw.
Still have some tomatoes coming. The remaining seven beds are covered and put to rest for the season.
The no till method doesn't work in the potato patch because you have to dig and sift through it so much.
The big clumps of dirt that come up shattered easily and were so porous with earthworm pathways it was obviously getting plenty of oxygen down there.
I thought of planting a fall crop but the temperature this morning was 36 degrees. Strange weather. From 90 degrees two days ago to 36. What will the future bring>
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Thanks for the Open Thread. When you live in a Bizarro World
you get things like this.
The ban on protests demand by Ukrainians
I thought it was not true, but then:
Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia calls for removal of ‘offensive’ mural of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers
The artist was forced to remove the mural. Include with this CBS and Amnesty International backing down from their reports.
Some EU countries including UK are talking about subsidies to the plebs to help pay their utility bills. But from the numbers I have seen, will not be enough. Many EU countries will crack down hard on protests regardless of the wishes of the Ukrainians in the autumn and winter.
Happy to hear your farm is producing
Torrential rains here are causing flooding as a counterpoint to the drought of the last 3 months.
Starting to track the hurricanes brewing in the Atlantic...
Something to give my boat customers worries
Thanks for the OT E1
We must support
Ukraine and elensky or the world will end!
If we say it enough times it will come true.
I dunno, I even clicked my heels dozens of times and the world is still here.
Maybe I need some ruby slippers.
Thanks for the post, humphrey.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Ending the war induced dystopian version of the world
may not be our worst option.
Keep on clicking those slippers.
Your post and others have inspired me.
Going to clear back yard and put in veg garden (again) next year. Need to due pruning and other work. Our first one ton of cucumbers, tomatoes (various kinds), and potatoes.
Best of luck, MrWebster
It's what back yards are for, IMHO.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
good evening...
Sounds like a productive session on the farm. I've been pulling roads back up hill. The old '64 ford 4000 is amazing. I would love a 4WD kobota with a scoop, but I've managed with my box scrape, back scoop, and bush hog for 35 years. We're used to each other...all have quirks (including me)...but it gets the job done.
We're trying to carve out room to get in some fall crops as summer crops fade on out. Sweet potatoes we dig late Oct or early Nov. I had planned to go get manure this week, but after the deluge it will be a week or so before that is doable. Playing the weather is part of the game.
Here's hoping all is well with all of you!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Hey, earthling1!
that temperature drop is pretty damn strange. But, you got 'er done at the farm, will have fresh food to eat or can. We tried a spring garden, but for a variety of reasons, we just let it go and said, let nature have it. We will try again one day.
The rains here brought out landscaping, mosquitoes, and fire ants. Hubby is in the kitchen now, killing ants by the hundreds that were not there 2 hours ago. sigh...it's always something, iirc.
We need to learn by doing, how to produce food in an ever evolving climate. Methods we know and use may not work at all in the future.
Farming is hard work, one of the most satisfying things people can do.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
You are so right
Adapting to CC will be ongoing and a definite learning curve.
I've already decided to try a fall planting after all. Gotta admit that low temp this morning was probably a fluke and won't let it discourage me.
Thanks for stopping by.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Good evening earthling, 110 down here and
even the sage looks ghastly. A few more days of this they say then back to who knows what, except that the magic 8 ball is stuck on "dry"
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Hi earthling! Thanks for the OT.
I'm always curious about farms and farming and your thoughts above:
has me wondering..
What scale are you farming? And I would love for you to expound (aka educate me, thanks) on the problems you are seeing at the scale you are working at.
The whole "no till" thing seems to mean different things to different farmers. I've come to think that it might *really* mean "no compaction". Or, of course, *minimize* compaction. And yes, even a hoe can compact the soil. But how do you grow and harvest potatoes (or other root crops) at scale using the "no till" system?
I think it can be done. Or at least used as a philosophy of the ideal way that a farmer might approach their work (e.g. minimize compaction everywhere and always). We just don't have the methods or machinery yet as far as I can tell.
It's kind of an exciting time to be honest. I'm seeing so many positive changes in farming on both the fruit/vegetable side and the animal husbandry/ranching side.
That pesky climate change/imminent nuclear war thing puts a damper on the dreams though...