Sunny in the afternoon.
I got up at 5:45 am so that I could get my chores done early. Mary and I decided to attend an educational session at Centralia College that was sponsored by WSU and other entities. We attended three sessions. The first was on propagation but was disappointing because the speaker talked mostly about seed propagation, not propagating from woody plants like rhodies, hemlock, etc.
The next session was on a rain garden. Rain gardens are depressions in the ground at a low spot on your property where you route water from the roof of your house and from your driveway. It's like a dry well except that it holds water. We got a nice booklet on how to build one and stock it with suitable plants.
The third section was on plants that would look good in your garden and maybe even flower all year long. We were shown pictures and were given a brief description of the plants.
I think Mary H enjoyed herself even if the topics weren't necessarily what we thought they'd be.
Next Saturday (21st) there's a small farmer day. I definitely plan to attend.
While I was gone Juan and Enrique worked on clearing the area along the south west and west fencelines. They didn't get as much done as I thought they would but they did move hay for me from the cow barn to the green barn. I'm going through three and a half bales a week with the sheep and goats and little Three, my as yet uncastrated Shorthorn bull calf.
Juan had an accident. He ran the ATV into a tree and darned if it wasn't the only tree in sight on Marilyn's property. He didn't get hurt but he damaged the pulley on the front of the ATV. Enrique and Chas pulled it off and tried to fix it but ended up breaking the ?? trying to tork the frame back into its normal form. I was not happy and told Enrique that Juan should not be allowed to run any of my equipment.
Unfortunately Juan doesn't learn. I don't want him hurt and it is easy to get hurt when you are running powered equipment.
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