We finally got some rain yesterday evening as we were doing the chores. It was ominous and cloudy all day, but for some reason the rain gods seem to prefer to shower us with their blessings exactly when we are out doing the chores. Every day for ages there have been huge thunderstorms crowding around, but alas not actually raining on us.
The rain was more welcome than you might think - it has been so dry. The cows are at the end of their pasture rotation, and the grass in the beginning is dormant and there is no regrowth. The plan has been to put them on hay at the top of the garden - expensive, of course, but not deplorable, as I need hay and manure to start building the winter garden.
The most I have started on the fall/winter garden are some pathetic-looking starts. I started early this year, back in August, but the hurricane that came through was not good for them. I replanted again a couple of weeks ago, and everything has popped up right away. The funny thing is that the replanted starts are at about the same stage as the older ones. I don't know how people actually get kale in the ground on September 1st, as all my starts seem to hate growing when it's so hot. I am wondering if it is even worth starting things until September if the later-planted starts catch up so quickly to the early starts.
The pigs have been in the garden, and have cleared out a good portion of the back of it. It's about time to give them another section. Things are (finally!) moving along a little.
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