7/18/24  An  important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said. 

.05 rain yesterday.  It is cloudy, calm and 70 degrees.  A shower is possible early then partly cloudy skies with a high of 85 and a brisk west breeze.   Clearing overnight with a WNW breeze, a low of 60. Sunshine tomorrow with a WNW breeze, a high of 83, a low of 59.  Sunshine Saturday, Bradford Day, with a brisk south breeze, a high of 83, a low of 63.   Partly cloudy Sunday with a NW breeze, a high of 81, a low of 55.  Partly cloudy Monday with a WSW breeze, a high of 80, a low of 58.  Perhaps showers Tuesday afternoon/evening with a SE breeze, a high of 80, a low of 62.  Showers Wednesday and next Thursday with highs about 77, lows of 64.  A SE breeze Wednesday, a SSW breeze Thursday.  Partly cloudy next Friday with a west breeze, a high of 83, a low of 64.  Partly cloudy Saturday the 27th through Tuesday the 30th with west and SW breezes, highs in the high eighties, lows in the mid to upper sixties.  Scattered  Thunderstorms Wednesday the 31st, pm showers Thursday the 1st, highs about 88, lows of 67 and 63.

     Over the past couple of years the path to the kitchen garden from the road has grown in.  I've been concerned about it because should our septic tank need pumped that is the path for the hose.  I have always kept it open in the past.  I pruned the rose bush back heavily last year so it wouldn't encroach the path or top of the tank but never got to the path. Yesterday we realized it needed to be pumped.  In an hour Jay and Bekah had the path all cleaned out and the brush gone.  The man is coming to pump it this morning.  One more thing checked off the to do list.

    I defrosted the smaller chest freezer yesterday.  Another job off the to do list.  Now Jay has plenty of freezer room to freeze the jugs of ice he uses in the vegetable stand coolers. Now the big freezer needs to be defrosted so it is ready for vegetables.

    They are picking lots of green beans, they are selling fast.  Bekah is making dilly beans.  The garlic is big and beautiful, just in time for dilly beans and pickles.  We like to put sweet onions in our pickles, they are bulking up right on time.  There are a few ripe tomatoes.  Customers are asking for them before they even get to the stand.  We haven't had any yet!

    Bradford day is Saturday.  Friday night will be a pizza party and making the Country Junction and Little League floats.  Back to haying tomorrow.  May God bless your day, Sally