July Letter to Dave
Dear Dave, Some years ago, I excitedly asked permission from Lisa to bring a strange animal home to our farm. It was a large metal chicken which we named “Kaw-Liga.” Since then, metal chickens such as Kaw-Liga have become very popular. Ours has become a fixture at our home, however, he has also become a sometime illusion. Occasionally, I will see him with my peripheral vision and think it is Lisa standing there.
Sometimes I see him and think it is me standing there. I love our farm, Dave, I just always understand everything that happens here.
A tree project has started a series of dominos, all of which are labor intensive. The first step was removing the fence around a small piece of land at the front of our farm. I purchased a fence winder last year for this very project at an auction. This would be a real time-server if I wasn’t wasting my time trying to fix it. I opted to instead roll the wire onto a 35 gallon barrel, it was more work but less complicated. I still need to brush mow the old pasture and then find a disc to turn over some ground. I plan to plant rows of trees and a pollinator garden next sping, Dave. I found one new ripple in this project in that I am choosing the trees based upon when I will die. It would be nice to plant oak trees but I want to see some actual growth prior to the big exit.
Lisa and I have been enamored with a new neighbor, Dave. He is a cardinal and loves the free lunches we offer at our place. We noticed a second bird arrived recently which was gray in color with an orange beak. A little bird book work revealed that this bird was Mrs Cardinal. We have typically offered sunflower seeds in our bird feeders however I am amazed at what a fruit and nut mix will do. When people win the lottery, they are amazed at the friends they never knew they had. The same happens with a good bird mix, we have bird friends which were always here but we just didn’t know them until now.
June is done, Dave. It is the hardest month of summer for me. This is the month when I want to finish spring projects and substantially begin summer projects. The axis point where these two aspirations cross is a bit overwhelming. There really is no other choice as winter closes the door on the project season. We have installed a new water tank, rolled up fence and clipped the pasture so I’m about on schedule. I feel like summer has just started but if you believe the corn around here, you would swear it is late July. I think I like the corn calendar better than the one on the wall. Tell everyone hello, your little bro
