Rural Gardening: Hot times on the August Homestead, 1 by

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I'm taking a break and ya'll are wearing me out with talk of your projects.lol

Need the break, exciting morning. Trees have taken out the fence line on the west pasture. Move all the cattle to the other side. My cows broke out in the excitement of the move. One of the beefers got stuck in the mud, took 6 people and a tractor, three hours to dig her out! The rope broke once, slicing our friends hand open. Then while out in the pasture, noticed a wet area, where it shouldn't be wet! Dh is out fixing the leak, then we're back to put a hot wire around the area where the cow sank.

Summer can leave for all I care! This drought is getting old, but our saving grace was cooler temps and overcast. If it had been 108, we might've just shot the cow.

If this was a 'normal' year, those cows would be under water.