Life Gave Me Strawberries...

But I couldn't eat any.

Started the day by picking 5 gallons of strawberries for our local organic farmer.  We kinda have a deal that if I help him with the picking, I can get the culls at the end of the season to make wine.  Last year was a bad year, but this year they are gorgeous!  He likes me to pick cause when I harvest, I do NOT eat even one bite.  Never have.  Anyway, some of the berries were the size of my fist and they just looked so sweet.

I was able only to pick a row and a fourth.  He's got 6 rows all together, but his pickers like to see me come cause that is less they have to do.

Anyway, as a bonus, I got two heads of red lettuce, some collards and 2 bags of arugula.  He also gave me some garlic chives to set out.

After that, Jim and I went to work some more on the church shed.  We got one side boarded and 1/2 of the last side as well.  We are running out of time as it has to be completed, caulked and painted by May 1st for Homecoming.  The caulking alone will be a nightmare, and guess who gets stuck with doing it.  The wood siding is terrible for splinters.  I still have one in my thumb and I can't get it out.  I've almost chewed through the thumb pad looking for it.  But I did learn how to use a chop saw today.  What fun!  Farm implements and power tools.  That's the ticket.

After that, I had to come home to fertilize and till the back forty for the seeds that I have to plant tomorrow. I also had to cut some more drip line and lay it out.  I have yet to get it buried, but I ran out of time.  I have to bury it tomorrow, make my rows and plant my melons and peppers before 10:30 as I am committed to go to a musical concert/contest with one of my aunties.

I didn't have time for walkies or pictures today.  And the cockers were being very bad.  They would NOT get in the pen.  I had to chase them through the woods and got all scratched up from the brambles.  They can just duck under.  And the mosquitos were terrible.  But I would not give up all the scratches, splinters, cockers, mosquito bites for anything.

Gotta love the country.

Maybe pictures tomorrow.

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