The rain falls on and on !
The sunlight was out yesterday but not enough to dry the terra firma enough to do much land . We need a few dry days to make the hills less slippery .
Despite my winner with tree crop , perennial cuke , yams and local grain corn , I have been less than happy with the yields on my pumpkin , unfermented potatoes and beans . In fact , the beans have almost been consummate failures , with the exception of the bush eccentric 1000 - long beans I plant down the hill . Those bring on , though not well .
I visited the pumpkin patch two days ago . It ’s giving up now and most of the area has been non - productive . My bet is that over the roughly 3/4 Akko I planted , we ’ll only get about 100lbs of pumpkin total . The yield have been smaller than they should be , when they produce at all . The insect have been ravenous as well .
What I really require is some land to improve long - term . Composting , chop and free fall , biochar , brute graze and those sorts of good things .
Unfortunately , the Mary Leontyne Price of body politic and home base here is too high for us . Another problem I ’ve faced is the want of a good workplace space for my piece of writing and recording .
One of my side businesses has been voicework and audio output . Since move here , it ’s been impossible to do any vocalisation work . There are no windows on our house and there is no subdued street corner where I can record . Beyond that , where we populate in the mass there is absolutely abysmal internet . I ’ve been trying to get the local ISP to run a new line since we moved here . They make hope and correct date and claim things are in progress … but nothing ever happens . Meanwhile , I ’ve been losing money for almost two years .
Even compose this blog is almost too much for the slow net connection . I often have to waitress while a photo uploads . Sometimes my posts freeze as I ’m writing them and the connection is lost . I try on to spell posts yesterday but had to quit and do something else as the internet phase in and out .
After that , I make up one’s mind it was most definitely time for a variety . We ’re looking for a new place to stay now . Our current farm is terrific for the children and our landlord is big ; however , it ’s terrible for getting work done . And getting work done will get me the money I take to buy my own spot again .
If I have to charter in townsfolk for a while and garden on a balcony , that will be ok . I ’ll just use the experience as fodder for posts on container horticulture – and maybe even a book .
I ’m praying something opens up as even rentals are expensive here .
flop now we ’re just endure through a rainy time of year . thing will clear up .
