Post Surgery Farm Visit

 Got my knee scoped for a torn meniscus on Tuesday.  I prevailed upon my bride to drive me out to the farm.  Not supposed to drive for a week.  It feels pretty good.  No pain.  So I fixed the broken atv sprayer.

You don't really use your leg when riding an atv so I went ahead and sprayed this field.

 And as long as I was out, I toured a little bit.  This is the main field that I planted in an annual mix.  The sorghum component is doing quite nicely.  I'm not sure that the rest of the mix is competing very well with the weeds.

There might be some sunflower, beans and peas in there but mostly I see pigweed, lambsquarter, ragweed, Johnson grass, etc.

The future prairie plot is going to need multiple turning and spraying.  When time permits. 

 The soybeans emerged from the killed weeds but the deer tape was blown down.

 Clearly the deer have been enjoying it prematurely.

 My radical weeding of the pumpkin patch by roundup had some success.

 Sometimes entire rows were casualties but there was a fair survival rate.

 Inside the rows, the pumpkins have to grow fast.  I risked another attempt with the roundup.  It rained 4 hours after I sprayed so there may be more casualties.

I also sprinkled a little fertilizer around.  It seemed to really help when I did it last time.

 I'm afraid that I lost my row of Dill Atlantic giant pumpkins.

 There's zucchini in there somewhere.  I hand weeded this row.  Even at 10 am it was almost 90 degrees with 100% humidity.

Can you tell that I weeded here?  I don't like using roundup around the things we eat.

A good row.

 

 It's been a weird year.  No rain in May but June and July have been awash.  Had a big storm again as we were leaving.

 Kristen and Leo are on a family trip to Yellowstone.  Leo sent me this mule deer sighting.  They've also seen elk, bison, and a grizzly bear.  That's a great trip. We did it years ago.

 I haven't sprayed apples but there is some fruit.

 The big old trees are loaded.  There was a major branch down on the remaining cherry tree.

 Chicory clover fields have some weed issues but there is a lot of food available.

 Sunflower field is a little stunted but producing some seed heads.  The tape was down around it too.

 This is the part of the woods that I hinge cut in February. It's also where I twisted my knee.  It had the intended result of creating a lot of cover.

I drove one atv trail and had a tree down.  They are probably all a mess.

 The pond is high and muddy.

The frog pond stays clear.

 We had a number of very interesting cloud formations.  A pretty good squall line came thru as we were leaving on Sunday afternoon.

 That camera is lying - it was 90F.

More like it.

I forgot one camera so ran out for it after my shower.  Knee looks completely functional - right?  I'm driving to work tomorrow.