The Work Begins

On the 25th of June the Goddess/God stopped the rains and this area of Canada, anyway, has been thrown into summer.  We spent all day Friday and Saturday WEEDING!  It actually feels so good being out there doing this.  I have found a true sense of calm here at this farm. It's amazing.  I know without a doubt that I am right where I am supposed to be at this point in my life.  Everything is starting to come up, except for the strawberries who had a rough time with the rain. Dwayne already knows where he is going to be moving them to next summer.

Today is Sunday and we were out again by mid-morning.  The guys planted another 7 or 10 rows of something (WHERE DOES IT STOP?)(Let's see. More: carrots, beets, beans, peas, lettuce, spinach, do dah, do dah)!  I quit early as my body still requires some breaks, though I have built my endurance so much!  When I first got here walking to the back garden wore me out! To exhaustion, really.  Now I'm all over this place.  Thank the Goddess/God because there are weeds EVERYWHERE!  We made good progress though the last couple of days.

I didn't have my camera with me this morning (I got a little laxed on that, but know better now) and I missed a couple really good pictures this morning.  When I got up and went to head outside there was a coyote sitting in the back yard looking to the greenhouse where Dwayne and Newt were doing the morning inspection and door opening.  This is Newt.  She's 12 and having some bad hip problems this summer.  I yelled to Dwayne who came out  of the greenhouse wearing his white terry cloth bathrobe, saw the coyote, and gave an exasperated head shake.  He then started clapping his hands and yelling, "hey you get out of here!  Margaret get my gun!" If you've met my friend Dwayne you can picture this in your minds eye. He has never called me Margaret in the many years I've known him.  It was so strange to hear that come out of his mouth! He makes me laugh.  I think we make each other laugh this summer, which we all need.  Throw Alton in there and it's not unusual to pee oneself. T.M.I?  The coyote ran off and I missed a great picture.  The second one I missed was when I was out weeding in the "outback" garden.  A very large white tailed buck came out of the woods and stood and watched me for about a minute.  I talked to him and then he turned and walked back into the woods.  He was huge.  And you're just going to have to take my word on that.

This is Cletis Ann the cat.  She is an expert huntress and really controls the mouse and gopher population around here.  Not to mention the occassional bird.  She's good to have in an "organic" setting!  It's everyones job to make sure that once she is in for the night, not to let her back out.  Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.  Then there's Newt, Max and Vinny, Sam's chocolate lab, all taking a hike down the road.  Max is slowly becoming a much less needy dog and I'm so happy for him.  Taking care of me was pushing him to the edge!

Sticking with this animal update page, the Magpie's have all been "fledged" and have left their nest.  And I haven't seen the Great Horned Owl or her 2 babies lately either.  Well, Dwayne and I are goin fishin.