Saturday

Another humid day  here at 74%.  The things that saved us from being totally miserable were a nice breeze and it stayed cloudy.  We can see the cows  from the house and they were spread out all over the pasture which means they were relatively comfortable.  If they start feeling the heat they tend to congregate by the gate, ready to come home.  The weather forecast is sketchy as far as whether we will get rain or not so Jim cut some of the hay since he came home for the weekend.  There was hopes it would dry enough to chop this afternoon but the humidity levels didn't exactly make that happen.  Ed mowed a couple more sections of pasture today so ideally it will be grown out for the cows to eat in  20-28 days.  Bruce & I planted our garden today, at least as much as we will bother with this year since it's getting a bit late and we don't really have time to deal with it.  We have had the area covered with plastic for weeks so if we ever got a day free it would be dry enough to work.  We did have something to fix today.  My mower didn't want to run yesterday so we got an ignitor today. Previously that is the only thing we have replaced and the mower is 19 years old.  This is the 3rd time it has ever had a problem so it is really not a big deal.  The problem isn't solved so the next plan is to replace the fuel pump and filter.  This doesn't even make the frustrations list this summer, especially since it is totally irrelevant to taking care of and feeding the cows. It is nice to see out the windows so we will have to fix it eventually : )