drought and hoppers
I am full of sh!t, but no rain and the hoppers are eating everything. Wildlife is hungry, cows are wandering all over looking for little green spots. Thank God I have lots of bush where moisture is somewhat retained in places.
we'll have a frost soon which will slow the hoppers down. I hope.
almost no hay. 10 bales in fields where I normally get over a hundred (I have lots of 20-50 acre fields). Gotta sell some of the herd. Prices down because of widespread drought on the continent and no pasture available and very little hay being put up. Meat prices at the grocery store should plummet for the consumer, but they won't. The thieves will take advantage of the farmers, as always.
the hoppers breached the greenhouse a while back, so we've been killing them constantly in there. I'm sick of squishing them. Every time I think I have found the hole more get in somehow. They always slowly but surely win.
It's not our first go-around with these hurtful conditions, so we can at least deal with it mentally
gravity, bugs. Unstoppable forces.
did I mention I am full of sh!t? Haha. I have cowshit, chickenshit, and even batshit if I scrounge it up.
a couple of squash rescued from the hoppers...
Bill, composting everything is the way to good dirt. It reduces your manure requirements considerably