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The Storms and the Floods

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Hey everyone, it's guest author Chad here today.  At the end of July, we had quite the rainstorm come through the area.  Apple Weather figured it was about a quarter inch (haw haw), local news eventually settled on 4.5", but this is what our rain gauge had to say about the portion that came down on overnight: There was a lot of runoff.  Following our creek downstream, it came up into the field, around our cabin. And it pushed up over the walkway leading to the cabin. In the aftermath, there was a bit of mud on the plants around the back of the cabin, so it may have gotten under there a bit.  But we couldn't get in there to observe it first hand.  Thankfully, the cabin is raised about a foot and a half off the ground, so it had no trouble itself.  Downstream, it came up over the banks and into our neighbor's yard quite a bit. More water was being problematic elsewhere.  Across the street, it couldn't all fit through the culvert under the driveway int...
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Getting the fields hayed

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We had our fields hayed this year, which means we're really farmers now!  Or maybe it means our place is a real farm?  Either way, we got to watch our fields being hayed, and it was pretty neat. The (real) farmer at the end of our road has had a bad hay season.  With the cold, wet spring, his hay crop was very poor.  Whereas in most years he would get 12 loads of hay from his fields from the first cutting, this year he only had 3!  So he was asking around the neighborhood if anyone wanted their fields hayed, and of course we said yes.  Last year we had to pay to have the whole thing brush hogged, so this would help save us money too.   Because the fields are rather hilly on the one side, and rather swampy on the other, the farmer was only able to hay about 1/3 to 1/2 of our fields.  I tried to be very sneaky about taking pictures because I didn't want to seem like a townie who has never seen a field being hayed before (which I haven't!), so s...
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Garden progress 2026

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 Life has been pretty busy around here lately, with the garden, visiting family, working on the house, and getting ready for winter (already!).  So today, we're just going to have a photo post, full of pictures from my garden.  Enjoy!       
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The Great Wait

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 I'm not sure how spring can be both long and short at the same time.  On one hand, we spend so much time waiting, and on another, we are so busy that we can't catch our breath.  It goes back and forth a lot, depending on the weather.  If it rains and snows for two weeks, we have no choice but to sit inside and wait.  Then one day we realize it has gotten warm enough to go outside, and two days later the garden is dry enough to work.  But hurry, there are only three more days of warm dry weather before it begins to rain again!    That is what our spring has been.  Wait, then rush.  I can't tell if I hate it or love it!  On the one hand it's frustrating having to work with nature's fickle ways, or if it's actually a wise way to work.  Sure, you get exhausted by three days of constant hard work, but then you get a two week break.   It's been two months since I last posted, and a lot has happened since then.  A...
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