A visit with Farmer Roger

Gray, cold, rain. Off to a slow start today. Out looking for pancakes. # Lots of ducks & some Canada geese back at the farm enjoying puddles from big rain overnight. Wonder where they've been. # Gray skies, but not so bad out today. 3/4 inches of rain last weekend refilled all the puddles, which [...]

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Grey, overcast, cool. a third inch of rain this morning. # Cleaning out email: Just deleted 2526 sent emails. Next, start on the 5000+ received emails. # Light rain this morning. Will spend the day in the office. Time to clear out old stuff. # The first seed catalog for next year arrived in today's [...]

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Missed my morning weather entry. Busy all day. Overcast & cool. # Just back from our farm & family potluck. Lots of great food. We brought kohlrabi carrot slaw and pumpkin apple pecan bread. # Looks like this morning's shower will continue for a while. # Juan & Luis have finished moving the straw bale [...]

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Morning fog is gone. A beautiful sunny day for the melancholy task of closing up the farm for winter. # Juan is now mowing down the corn maze. He & Luis pulled all the signs out of the maze this morning. # Lots of ideas for next year floating around. Now is the time to [...]

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Morning fog just about gone. Mostly solid overcast, but rain now predicted to hold off until late. # Still dealing with lots of mud at the farm. # Mobile bookstore @ReadersToEaters braved the weather & set on at the farm today. They are now packing up – mist is moving in. # Steady sprinkle for [...]

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