Author: Garry

We finally got a break from the insufferable heat that had parked itself over southern middle Tennessee for the last several months.

It finally began raining last night. I don’t think that we’ve had an inch in rain since June. The same clouds that brought the rain also provided a great light show and tremendous thunder. The older of our two Border Collies (Dixie) turned into a baby as the thunder began (around 2: 45 AM) and demanded to be soothed and comforted. This lasted for roughly an hour and a half. My ass is dragging today.

Yesterday I placed the hay-rings along the tree line in the middle pasture and deposited a bale of hay in each. The cows were curious, but were not much interested in feeding on them. This is a good thing as it shows that they are still getting plenty of nutrition from the grass in the fields. With all of the dry weather there really was no way of telling if the grass was sufficient or had been eaten down to nothing.