Desperate Measures

 We got an inch of rain and the hot weather broke.  Only supposed to be a high of 80F or so this week.

Since the ground was wet, I decided to spread some wheat/oat seed on the bare spots in the driveway stand. I had over seeded a soybean plot with brassicas and I had stripes that I had apparently missed when seeding.

So I spread some of this mix in those spots.  Picked it up at the farm supply store.

Where I did get the brassica seed down, it came in very well.

Then I took the dogs for a walk to check cameras.

And the skies opened up on us.  Good for the seed I just put down.

But we got really wet.

Violet found a turtle.

My other two brassica plots were over-run with weeds.  Pigweed and galinsoga mostly.

There was good brassica in there but it was being overtaken with warm season annual weeds.

I decided that I had nothing to lose and I put the bushhog on its highest setting.

I mowed both of the fields on the theory that the soybeans and brassica could handle the mowing better than the weeds could.  I guess we will see. At least the seed heads are gone.

The pumpkin patch is pretty good except some serious outbreaks of powdery mildew.

I used to use a fungicide but I quit a few years ago.  Some types more resistant than others.

Even when the leaves are dying, the pumpkins are still usually pretty good.

I tried spraying again this week with a copper based treatment.

I thought this series of a bobcat was pretty neat (in broad daylight).

Seems to be a young/small one.

Lots of coyotes too.

Does and fawns.

Twins.

Little bucks.  Velvet should be coming off soon.  Usually first week of September.

And the turkeys.

Visiting geese.