Roof

It's been another busy week. Early last week we got the roof joists up. Rick C made spacer boards to fit between each one.

Even in a construction zone, we have our priorities straight.

The cabbage and broccoli are doing great.

The cabbages are starting to enlongate a bit on the way to forming heads.

I found onion plants at the farmers' market. I bought one of every variety they had, and planted them early last week. The moon was just past full and waning.

These are the Hamburger Reds. They are nice big starts and I'm hoping they do well. I got the onion seeds planted as well, in the planting box.

We found this gigantic radish, lost under the pepper plants. No... we didn't eat it.

Here's a man outstanding his his field... or in his orchard.

The forcast was calling for rain early this week, so we prioritized getting the roof on the shed. First the guys primed the boards.

Rick bought the "wiggle" boards and plastic panels. He and Rick C start putting it up.

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Here they are about halfway across.

And here's the last panel coming up.

And the last panel is in place. It's a roof!

And they take a well-earned break.

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Weather Note

This last week was delightful, with warm afternoons and cool nights. We're all wearing sweaters and extra shirts, and at our house, the blanket has come out (although it's not quite comforter-level cold yet). But the storm is definitely coming in, and it's supposed to have high winds and heavy rain. Yesterday we picked up what we could, and tarped what we couldn't.
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The red Thai peppers and hot lemon peppers together make a beautiful rista.

Catherine, Laura, and I went to lunch on Friday for Catherine's birthday. The power went out right before we were going to go, so we ended up over at Sierra Nevada, which meant fewer lights to stop-and-go through. On the other hand, the power outages precluded any work on my part so we got to hang out at the farm afterward. I made Laura a rista too, even though her Bill told her not to let us foist any more peppers on them! We farmers get kinda aggressive when we have a good crop.