I was thinking ahead and made sure I had time to get the hay bale rolled into the sheep pen. The closer location of the bales really helps so I'm not rolling them across the farm. They are NOT light weight, but thankfully they are round and DO roll.

I said "screw it" and just cobbled the falling apart hay cage back around the bale. It HAS lasted a few years of them beating the parts up. The sheep were all SUPER happy to have the new bale in as I had made them wait.

My chiro appointment was VERY much needed as my right shoulder blade was super sore. Afterwards on the way home I stopped for dog food and picked up new hedge shears as I had lost mine around the farm somewhere. Well, I had been home for minutes when I remembered where my old ones were... FIGURES! But the new ones are nice and sharp and the saw is bigger and stronger than the small Gerber one I have that broke.

It was after noon and getting pretty warm but I had to get the cucumbers trimmed and tied in the greenhouse. Some of the tops had fallen over and there were branches growing out all over.

The cucumbers have reached the horizontal part of their lines and are growing over the walkway now. The tomatoes are LOADED with nice sized and soon ripening maters.

I was inside for a bit of a break and read @generikat's post where she talked about thinning carrots and that popped the task back into my head. I had seen the other day that I needed to thin mine so the r3eminder sent me out to do just that.

I grew 2 types together and I was quite surprised to find that I actually got some okay sized ones to grow. Our soil normally doesn't allow for longer carrots but I managed some nice 7 to 8 inch long ones for once.

I topped them all then washed them good in the basket. I got 3.5 pounds of rather nice carrots.

Mid afternoon I took my fly rod out to the driveway for some casting practice. My over head/ over shoulder cast is on point but I have to practice the low level cast to try and get the fly under overhanging bushes or some such. I worked to try and get the tip of the leader to land under the slack line using a side arm cast. I managed to figure it out after a while but still need more practice.

Later I grabbed the new shears to go test them out by the creek. I had tried to mow through the stuff but the stems were too strong for the line so I knew I had to cut them down with shears. That was why I was so frustrated not being able to find my old ones.

The new ones work wonderfully and I got a nice section cut down. This is a bit of a longer term project to clear the area out by the creek.

Got dinner made, watched a few episodes of Aussie Gold hunters, then went out to soak.

By 9pm I was out to go close the coop door. This is the barn spider on the corner by the light and looked badass all spread out on its web.

Its web looked super cool in the light.

The coop door one had a nice meal it was working on.

Then the compatriot smaller one had built its own web on the eaves so maybe isn't the mate for the other one...

I didn't do the peas yesterday so they must be done today, harvests, break some dried plants down, cut more brush, cleaning and organizing everywhere, then come up with dinner this evening.

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