I know, I know, when you live this lifestyle, it is all about the weather. Your days on the farm are dictated by whether you can get out or not. The last six days, we have had grey skies and a whole tonne of rain. Great for the plants…but, at some point there was so much of it we were worried that our peanut field would get washed away. But alas, today we saw the first signs of peanut germination…we are pleased to see hope in our efforts to grow our own food.
The sun is out today with lovely rippling blue skies. We ventured out today to fill up tyres with seaweed to plant an assortment of roots.
We felt better for moving about. The last week we have been stuck indoors trying to do indoor activities in a tiny space. We made serious attempts to not drive each other potty!! We have become used to a certain amount of daily physical work…(Gnome says this is what keeps us young plus plenty of sleep)…so that we get really crabby cooped up indoors. Well thank goodness, the sun came out today.
Gnome planted two rows of okra between the peanuts:
The month of June is very fickle and unpredictable; you don’t know whether to plan outside or inside activities because you never know what is going to happen. Gnome reminded me:
“…don’t get your hopes up too much for a work schedule in June…June is as fickle as a Wo….”
Munchkin: “What?????”
Gnome: “…Wombat…that is what I said…”
Munchkin: “Hmmmm.”
This month drives us crazy because of this but hey, we can’t complain when all our water tanks are full again and the pond is half full from just six days of rain. Needless to say, the goosies are having a wonderful time splashing about in puddles and have started trooping out to the pond again. That’s good because they can get out from under my feet…they are like a bunch of school children…
