This April was pretty wet at the beginning. At the farm, small streams had turned into little lakes and flash flooded. Driving around the farm when it was this wet led to either MUD RUTS or GETTING STUCK. And, we did both. I was the first one to get my car stuck in the mud & it took 40 minutes of placing cardboard under my tires to get any traction. Dr. Granger was the second one to get stuck, only he got his tractor stuck while trying to help us till our rows. Damian tried to pull the tractor out with his truck, but almost got that stuck. Ha! Luckily, Dr. Granger had a "back-up" tractor that they used to pull it out. These are the humbling, time-consuming lessons we learn and try to laugh about.
Luckily, there is always something to do at the farm. When it is wet, it is the best time to put up fences and clean up around the farm. Kathy, our farm friend, helped us put up support fences for the peas and beans we will be growing on the farm. Kathy tells great stories and we laugh whenever she is around. Since, we cannot control that deer walk or run through our plot, we just try to protect the items they consider extra tasty. We have found that they really love peas and beans, so we put a make-shift fence around them. It worked well last year and we hope that it will work well again this year. Grow peas! Grow!
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| Pea fence with TINY pea plants growing at the base |
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