It remained hot and dry. In fact, I believe this was the hottest weekend of the summer: 98 Friday and 100 Saturday. And still no rain. Not bad in the house though with the living room at 80.5 and the bedroom 79.5.
Garden
The Butternut Squash looked surprisingly good given that it had received no water over the past two weeks. We propped up the little sprinkler we had in different spots and just let it run. Later, Sally picked the ripe squash and also got more kale, green beans, and a little chard.
Hot Water
Being two weeks since we had been out, the hot water had that rotten egg smell (iron bacteria I am told). So I had to drain the tank, which takes at least an hour and a half. I've got to try an aluminum/zinc anoid.
Mow/Weed Eat
I mowed everything but around the spring, barn, and out back of the house. I also ran the weed eater (carefully) over the back hill and the hill south of the house.
Clear Tornado Downed Trees
To get ready for brush hogging, I took my McCulloch and Stihl down to the SE corner where there remained many tree trunks from the January tornado. The McCulloch ran and cut well, though it needs a new chain. At one point the bar on the Stihl froze up. I took the chain off and found the nose sprocket would not turn. After scrapping out some of the saw dust it was turning okay again. Perhaps the sap from the pine (blown over the fence from Jeff's place) had gummed it up. But, then I couldn't get it started (I believe I had it flooded). I did get most of the logs moved to the side, but will have to make another trip down to finish the job. I was hot, tired, thirsty and ready to call it a day.
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