Good morning all. No rain here, 80 degrees today and tomorrow, warm until this weekend when it all changes and cooler weather comes back.
I got the sprinklers working in the garden, temporary set up until the water line is put in. Have everything running off a four way manifold so I can start and stop individual sprinklers. With "hose" pressure, only really runs one sprinkler properly but hopefully after the inline pump is installed, I can run four. It says it will run 30 sprinklers at once. ? One line runs drip tape down the unfenced portion, and then it's a long, long haul to the potatoes. Prior owner of farm left about 1000 feet of drip hose in barn. Today I find out if it works or falls apart.
spent two hours yesterday struggling with implements, first I tried to dig a small trench/water ditch with the potato plow, and that was useless, just skipped along on top. Then off came the potato plow and on came the Fred Cain subsoiler. Oh is that thing heavy, what a beast to put on by myself, holding up something that weighs hundreds of pounds, trying to balance it with one's body while trying to get the pins in, wound up tired, full of grease, but got it on. Subsoiler didn't work well on larger Massey, lift arms seemed too long, put the shortest top link on I had and I still couldn't get the angle of entry right. I guess I need an even shorter top link. Another item on my TSC list. But after a fashion it did scratch a trench in the bottom of the field, where the water doesn't drain, and now there is some form of drain. First I have to go down with a shovel and shovel out the "diggings". I've drowned too many trees to know that I can't let water sit anywhere near them.
Otherwise I have blades to sharpen and a list of to do's that never seems to get shorter.
But it's a beautiful day, life is good, and going to make the most of it.
