Not HOT ones like everyone says are so typical here. Sorry...we are in the midst of a very cool summer season with our daily temps in the mid-low 80s. That's a problem too as it is the height of the tomatoe season for both the big industrial tomatoe farming enterprises and my own 10 foot square micro-farm. I picked tomatoes today that had been on the bloody plants for weeks and weeks, had reached their typical 3" size and stayed green for the whole time. Not good. They will NOT be the most flavorful and delicious of fruit that is for sure. Yes...Tomatoes are a FRUIT, like an apple is a fruit...and eggplant, zuchinni etc. all come from a flowery start. Others like beets, potatoes, parsnips, carrots, are root vegies. Then there are legumes, beans, lentils etc. and who knows what I haven't mentioned, too many to name. Anyway...the cold summer has done it's best at retarding the ripening if not the growth of every crop about the area, mine included, however small.
The Swamphouse south 40 is still being cut down, not daily as my #@$$#$#$! back can't seem to deal well with the weight of the saplings when they fall and must be cut by hand and placed in a stack. Awful dirty, hot and itchy work as I've said before but it has got to be done before we rent the place sometime soon I hope.
Kelly's trusty (well...almost) Prius has developed a strange problem...the drivers side door will not lock or unlock either from the button inside the door or her key fob. ?????. Mysterious. I checked fuses and came up empty handed. It locks from the key only or the lever on the inside handle but nothing automatic. Might be the actuator I suppose. Expensive to fix.
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