Chores, Chores, Chores

Joan decided to stay home this week and I got a good day and a half of work done (in spite of the 90+ temps).  I'm still behind but making progress. 

Some of the pumpkin patch looks pretty good.  We haven't had any rain in several weeks.  Spotty thunderstorms going on as I write this - hope that the farm gets some of it.

Some of the rows are mostly weeds and there are whole sections of rows where nothing came up but weeds.  I worked on it but didn't get even 1/2 the rows weeded.

This sunflower field is looking pretty good.

This one has more weeds and looks drier.

 Soybean field is ok - I got it sprayed with Roundup today.  We'll see how many soybeans there are next week after the weeds wilt.

One of the plots that I didn't get planted.  Planning to plant in about a month.  I hit it with Roundup too.

 Same story on this one - had turnips last year.  Will plant in August.

 The clover is starting to look parched - definitely need rain.

 Some weeds in this field - too hot to spray.  I mowed part of it.

 The main field that I plowed last week.  Hope to plant it in August.

 Blackberries are ripe but pretty tart.  I picked and ate a few.

 I'm now getting "Golden Buckeye" mail from the Dept. of Aging!

 A few trailcams from last weekend.

 Eric out for a spin.

Walking the dogs.

Mid-July bucks looking pretty good.  Another 6 weeks of antler growing to go.

Well outside the ears already.

 Nice brow tines already.

 Bad camera aim but this is a mutant with weird right side.

 Another view.

 I re-aimed the camera.  We'll see how well next week.

 The one in back looks better.

 Already sampling apples.

At a mineral lick.

Turkeys.

 Coyote.

 Setting a deer feed protein block.  Re-aimed this camera too.

Another mineral site.

 Camera tour.

Bye-bye.