03.22.10
Working the Watermelon Patch with Mules
It’s the first day of Spring 2010! We’ve got a six inch blanket of snow over the 30 bunches of onions we planted March the 9th, and the 100 pounds of potatoes we planted March the 8th. That ought to water them in pretty good. We spent the whole Spring break, breaking gardens up and down the section lines for our neighbors and friends with Bill’s two mules. What a good way to get a Winter sun burn! We calculated that 7 times around the watermelon patch was equal to one mile. I sure was glad when Pee Wee took back the reigns after my first mile! I’ll be 49 this year, it didn’t take long for me to realize that harrow relay racing is best left to the guys that don’t remember JFK; possibly, better left to those who don’t remember Jimmy Carter!
