Can't believe that July is about half gone. Weather sure has been different. Not actually cold, but cool. Lot of dark days and rain around here. Other parts of the country is getting triple digit weather and has been for a month. It's all this El Nino and El Nina weather that hasn't been able to make up it's mind what to do. Maybe if the names were changed to Bebe and Comely, or something like that, the weather would straighten itself up. You know, like the old saying goes, It's all in a name. Maybe that's not right, but it's something like that. Anyway, the weather we've been having sure hasn't been good for growing veggies. Hey, I add all the good stuff to the soil but mine are still struggling. Haven't been out and about to see how other crops are doing, but I doubt they are thriving like they should be. Veggies that are being grown in green houses should be doing great with the heat they can get from being protected from this cool weather.
   My poor rosebush gets a bloom and it's gone withing a couple of days. Had one beautiful rose, but we had a full week of sunshine and above 80 degrees. Weather man keeps saying sun is on it's way, I'm wondering in which month it will get here. Will probably have summer weather around Thanksgiving. Oh well. Next year will probably be different. Never know anymore.
   I'm still being a selfish person and wanting some room to move around and be productive inside and out. Went to see the chickens. Opossum got one of my little ones. Got some of daughters too. Someone didn't close up the coop tight. It's sad, but it happens. They also lost some new bunny babies. Not to critters though. Farming is hard work, and you can't just whiz through things. I don't care if you have 1/4 acre or 300. It still needs to be done the best that you can do. The way I learned was listening to other farmers and what they did for this or that. I used to go to the livestock auctions so I could learn, and wasn't afraid to ask questions. Of course some looked at me like I was a complete idiot, but most was very nice about sharing their experiences. That was a life time ago though. ( I was young and cute and got lots of smiles. Now that I'm old I don't go anywhere to ask questions, 'cause the looks I get are of "that crazy old lady, don't she know anything.)HA HA.--- Anyway,  Experience was the key to raising everything. Now everyone just wants to look on their computer for answers. Which, I must say, is not always the best solution.
    Yeah, yeah, I know I'm old fashion. but you have to remember that science has been making terrible mistakes for several years, and no one is notified until it's to late to rectify their mistakes. Science is a good thing, but I'll still follow most of the old ways until they don't work for me anymore. Then I'll try something new. I will still use the internet to look up something, then I re-search more and more. Not every site will say the same thing.
  I'm just rambling on and on. If I don't keep my mind busy I'll just get depressed and want to eat or sleep, or maybe both. Glad to say that that doesn't happen very often. It's more that I feel, 'why bother' now. With that I think I'll stop and get a donut and a glass of milk
Have a great day,,,,week,,,,, month.