Working on that PHD yo

I put in a picture of Jackson becuase he's a piece of work!! So if I hadn't mentioned, a mule with turn around and have it's butt face you if it is dissinterested in you being around or if it's bored with you. So this morning after I gave him his sweet feed I was talking to him. Halfway through his meal he looked up at me and turned around and had his butt face me. I took the hint and stopped telling him stories and left. I can't wait to do the same thing to him and see how he reacts!

Unfortunately we didn't skim the weeds of the first three double dug beds prior to digging  so they are already overcome!! So I spent a good hour pulling nutsedge. If you don't know nutsedge let me explain. It looks kind of like grass but you stick a couple fingers three inches down and find a nut connected to its root simliar looking to a kidney bean. Beware, there is another. Another four inches down you will find another nut. If you don't get both, they'll keep growing. So nutsedge takes time and patience. But, I do enjoy pulling nutsedge since I get to feel the cool dirt between my fingers on these hot days. Plus investigating the seeds has been fascinating.

I then headed back to the cattle pen that we are restructuring. We had to replace about 9 support poles that are 6x6. I got the wonderful task of digging the 2 1/2 feet holes to put them in. You read that right. I dug all the holes and the boys just stuck the wood in the holes and covered it with cement. Who's the beast of a worker now? I'm thinking that after this venture I may have to join a strongest woman in the world competition. I will be jacked by seasons end. So the tool that I used was called a phd which I found hilarious because the farmers joke that they have three or so phd's. I will take a picture of the confinement soon. We ran out of cement so today will be my first double day and I'm excited to see if these buff arms can handle that!

For lunch I made a corn and black bean salad. I'm still working on the corn. I haven't even made a dent. Contents of the deliscious salad: black beans, corn, cumin, lime cilantro, garlic, salt, pepper.