Return of the rain
Wednesday
morning, the doppler radar looked like this. We'd had 5 inches of
rain already in the past week, the alligator swamp was filling back up,
and the main creek was once more creating a waterfall off the edge of
the ford. Clearly, our three week dry season had come to an abrupt end.
At times like this, I
feel like I'm always a step or two behind the weather, scurrying to
catch up. I'd just gotten into the swing of drying
fruit without a dehydrator and would have liked to
continue my success with tomatoes. I also had another 
week's
worth of hauling on Mark's agenda. But the weather has mandated
that we shift gears, so we will --- on to weeding and mowing, planting
the last of the fall crops, and maybe finally finishing the shed.
To be fair, drippy
summer afternoons when I'm just barely chilled in a t-shirt and shorts
are probably on my top ten list of favorite times. The rain
encloses me in a cocoon of gray noise and my mind becomes so clear I
can feel deep thoughts gelling in the corners.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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