I Once Was Hot, But Now I'm Cool...

6/08/07 - 6th Day - Midday - Preparation of the Sabbath. Greetings. Well, yesterday was plenty hot and a great reminder that our unusually cool spring is now transitioning into summer. 99.9 degrees at 5 pm and 91 degrees inside the cabin. I never got to the multiple "cooling" projects this year, but I hope to soon. It was a great relief to be able to escape to the root cellar 2 or 3 times during the day, and we stayed out of the cabin until midnight to let it cool down (to a comfortable 84 degrees "sleeping" temp) a bit. Today, however, has been a very welcome change. A "cold" front slipped through this morning and the temps dropped about 15 degrees. As I sit here at noon-thirty it is a very pleasant 72 degrees and breezy.

Hopefully I will be able to post some pictorial updates on the farrowing shed/fence process soon, and I am glad to report that we harvested about 3 quarts of green beans yesterday afternoon. We have been getting a couple of squash every day, and it looks like we will be picking zuchini and some peppers in the next few days. Our tomato plants are producing heavily, though none have ripened up yet. So far I have eaten about 7 or 8 peaches from my peach trees. I think I have one left...

Here is a post I put up on BiblicalAgrarianism.com on how you can help me....

I also want to put a plug in for Agrarian Herrick Kimball's (The Deliberate Agrarian) new book:

The Whiz Bang Garden Cart

Also, you should regularly read his blog:

The Deliberate Agrarian

Peace, y'all,

Michael Bunker