Well, I decided to burn a vacation day today and make it a long weekend. I wanted to check plots planted 19 days ago and had a rifle scope that needed replacing.
Our last rain was not as good as I thought it was. The ground is still very dry - you can jerk up a perilla plant and the dust boils. My best plot was where I thought it would be - on low ground at the head of a ditch. The other places were OK but not nearly what it was here.
This is 19 days after planting with minimal rain. I wish it all looked this good.
Where you plant is probably more important than what you plant when it is very dry.
I had the pleasure of my Dad coming and joining me for a walk. He did the disking on the plots, and I wanted him to see our work. We had a great time just out walking around.
He also helped me when I got ready to change the scope on the rifle. He already had a target up and sandbags laying out for me to use on the shooting bench. This old Redfield scope was from back in the early 80s and finally went bad. I put a new scope on it and bore sighted the gun with my eyes. The first shot was 2 inches from where I wanted it to be. It lined in quickly.
Rifle sighted in with new scope.
We have fruit growing on pine trees this year. Some of you will figure this out quickly. If it was fruit from Mars, I would be worried.
My fruit harvesting trail I keep mowed with a lawn mower. I get what falls in this path - the critters get what falls in the weeds.
One of the dandy female persimmon seedling trees I set a few years ago. I was lucky and got a good percentage of females.
Not entirely certain what this little pear is but it is sweet as sugar. First crop this year.
That's about it guys - fun day and a nice one to remember for years to come.......
