Not me, Alan. Woke up at three AM yesterday so sick he had to crawl to the facilities. Call for help? Of course not. He slept all day except for chores, in which he insisted upon participating, and was somewhat better, although still under the weather last night. Poor guy.
His dad worked alone and got a lot done just the same. Fixed the rollers on the chopper so they were the correct distance apart, chopped for the cows etc. I did bookkeeping and worked in the garden. Plugging away at hilling the potatoes. I never, ever leave enough dirt between the rows. Never. Side dressed my little bit of sweet corn with nicely composted cow manure. Weeded the peas, cursed the bunny rabbits, which demolished an entire row of beets.
We were hoping to bale today, but it is really cloudy and feels like rain.
Have a good one.
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Going Forward—Monday, December 23, 2024
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Poor Alan...nothin' like farm work to identify those with a good work ethic!
Hope he feels better today...and I hope the rain holds off *just long enough*!
Uh oh.
Hope Alan feels better real soon.
My corn could use some of that cow manure. Looking stunted and sad.
Wishing Alan a speedy recovery and hoping the rain holds off so you can make hay.
Ugh, making hay while you're sick is not fun - feel better Alan.
Hope your weather holds!
Poor Alan! Hope he feels better soon.
Alan feel better soon.
Love you all
be home tomorrow.
Mappy
Oh that awful bug. I've know people who had it and felt yucky for an entire week.
I'll have to research 'hilling' potatoes :0) Not enough dirt between rows. Hmmmmm . . . .
Not enough dirt for what?
June, he was so sick...I really thought about taking him to the hospital. He is still not quite right, but a lot better
FC, thanks, it was worrisome...he got so sick, so fast. Wish I could easily share our organic bounty. We have no shortage to say the least
Deb, thanks so much. Alas, it started to sprinkle just as they started baling, so they just chopped it up and put it in the bag..a good thing as by the time they stopped it was pouring and rained hard most of the night.
Nita, thanks on both counts
Dani, thanks!
Mappy, thanks and love you too.
Cathy, thanks for your kind thoughts. The potatoes on a potato plant grow between the "seed" potato that you plant in the ground, really just a piece of potato containing an "eye" the part where the sprouts grow, and the top of the plant. Thus you want a lot of plant underground so you get a lot of potatoes. However if you plant them too deep they won't grow at all. So you dig a little trench, put the seed potato in it and cover it up. As it grows you pile dirt up around the plant...called hilling it...until just a little of the top is sticking out of the ground. When you have a nice big hill you let it get down to the business of making the most delicious potatoes in the world...the ones you dig, wash, and cook right away. Believe me there is a huge difference from store bought. I ALWAYS put my rows too close together and never have enough dirt between them to hill them up properly. You would think that I would learn. lol
Aha! Now I get it.
Thank you so much.
And now I will never be happy until I've had a homegrown, fresh out of the dirt potato.
i hope he's feeling better, and that it isn't catching!
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