A visit with Farmer Roger

Chilly, gray overcast sky. Nasty headcold started today. I'm thinking bacon pancakes & coffee will cheer me up. #
Smashed a corner of the pump house with the tractor. Now sitting down. Should I be sipping Viognier/Marsanne, or should I open a Pinot Gris? #
Moved the goats & alpacas to the winter paddock a bit earlier [...]

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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 are [...]

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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 mail. And so [...]

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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 pyramids to the [...]

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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 capture them. [...]

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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 the last hr+. [...]

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Blue sky with some clouds. A good day to get outside. #
Mobile bookstore @ReadersToEaters is at the farm today. How many places can you shop outside for food-related books and then do a corn maze? #
At lot of time spent this morning re-routing the parking and the hayride. I hope not to have to pull [...]

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A beautiful October Sunday morning. The frost on the ground is melting away. Temp hovered around freezing from about 2 to sunrise. #
Have been giving hayride tours. Happy, mellow crowd at the farm today. Always good to see people enjoy your work. #
We were getting some sun earlier this morning. Now we have a [...]

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Temp down to 37.6 early this am. Now the bright sun is warming us up. Expect a day like yesterday, but nicer – a bit warmer & sunnier. #
Ripening sunflowers bow their heads to hide their faces from the starlings & crows. Birds dangle down and take their share of the harvest. #
Come to the [...]

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Beautiful day. Clear blue sky. Temp just above 60. #
At start of day; a car abandoned in our entrance and a hay ride wagon flat tire. Car gone, wagon working. Today's emergency quota exhausted? #
Ukelele player is back today. #
Morning weather starting out beautiful. Showers forecast likely tonight & tomorrow. #
Stiff wind today. I'm having [...]

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