Monday, May 30, 2022

What happens when you don't pick yellowrocket

Memorial Day is traditionally the latest for frost in the Northwoods.  Phil wanted to cultivate the garden up but it was off and on storms all of the time he's been here.  This morning it was not storming and there was a wind.  As good as it was going to get.  He took off the mower deck from the garden tractor and pulled out the cultivator attachment from the garage.  Unfortunately it wouldn't attach because the idler arm had been bent sometime between last spring that today.  He placed the arm on a metal block and stepped on the frame.  That bent it back to 'close-enough' condition.  Still had the issue of the ground being a bit soggy.  He cultivated one direction first.  Came in for lunch.  Cultivated the other direction second.  Visited w/ a neighbor.  Cultivated one more time.  In between each cultivation, the wind and the sun did it's bestto warm up and dry the soil.  The mower deck is back on and the cultivation attachment is stored in a safer spot - Sleipnir.  Need to get busy planting - but tonight there are more storms coming through.
 

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