Very nice weather this past week here in Central Missouri. It hasn’t really gotten hot yet so we’ve still got the house windows open to the breeze. We picked up another 7/10ths inch of rain Friday night while I was in Iowa for the races.
The garden was still too muddy to mess with when I got home yesterday which is just as well because I had camper problems to deal with. I had not one, not two, but three camper tire blowouts on this trip. One going up and two coming home. Bought a new one in Knoxville after we got there on Friday. 20 miles into the trip home the tire that had been the spare blew out so I stopped and put the new tire on and headed back out. About 20 miles from home the third one blew out. At that point I had no spare so I limped it home on three wheels. Also noticed the water heater is leaking around the anode rod plug. This was the first time I hooked to city water since I changed the anode so maybe it just needs to be pulled out, re-taped, and re-installed.
Hopefully the ground will be dried up enough to get around the garden this evening. I need to get some seeds into the dirt.
Looks like we’re finally going to get a break from the heavy rains we’ve had. This is a really wet spring - good for bugs and slugs, that’s for sure! 5” total within a week. Uncle!
My Internet provider came out today and basically GAVE ME an entirely new system! It died on Monday, so I’m back! It’s really nice; the Modem and Router are all in one piece now, and he replaced some things on the dish that has some ‘evidence of chewing’ which I do not doubt one bit! It’s on a pole 8’ off the ground - could easily be a buck rub, LOL!
We are getting set to poor more concrete tomorrow - I just finished helping Beau install the last of the rebar and do some joint taping, etc. We have two neighbor boys coming to help, and it’s just one 12’ length of wall, so it should go quick.
The puppies will be 4 weeks old on Friday and feisty as heck! They are eating soaked puppy chow already, which is a relief to poor Taylor (gonna Bag Balm that girl when all of this is over!) and will make things a bit easier on me to take care of them all when Beau heads to Canada for his annual Fishing Trip. I tend to SPOIL everyone when I’m ‘in charge’ but I have been told that it’s time for all of the dogs to loose some weight to get in shape for hunting, so I’ll go easy on the treats. Maybe. ;)
Today was our first really hot and HUMID day - that should pass with drier weather on the horizon.
Sorry about your woes with the automatic ‘stuff,’ Pollard.
I got my green pole beans and my drying beans in today and I started at the West end of the garden and worked East and weeded every stinkin’ weed there was to weed - but it was easy going with everything so wet - things pulled right out.
I still have a lot to get in, too - but if I take it in little chunks, it’ll go fast. My left knee and ankle are hurting - I was toweling off ONE wet dog when ANOTHER wet dog blindsided me and knocked me over. Ice has helped, but I’m gimping around a little. Maybe if we didn’t have so many dogs on hand? Just an idea. ;)
Had friends with a 3rd wheel who seemed to travel across the country from rec vehicle lot to rec vehicle lot replacing tubes or tires!