Late Spring & It Might As Well Be Summer

I drive to work in an old unairconditioned 1995 Jeep Wrangler so outside temperature doesn't mean  the same thing to me that it does to a lot of folks.  I take the doors off and drive through the warm months with nothing but the passing breeze to keep me cool.  Today, I was in the elevator with some of my fellow workers and made the comment that it was really a warm day out.  A small, no very petite lady looked up to me and said, "no, it is hot as hell outside."  There were at least three people that nodded in agreement and two that openly said "amen sister." So, I guess according to the elevator survey summer is definitely already here.

Meet Emma.  She rules the roost.  Some people have parrots
for their shoulder. I have Emma the Chicken.

The temperature in our hometown is supposed to hit 93 degrees today with a heat index of over 103 degrees.  Okay, I will agree. That is hot not warm. Right now we are dangerously close to the 93 degrees with very high humidity.  Unlike some parts of the United States, we are not in a drought.  In fact we have had a pretty wet spring which makes for a great growing season.  Our tomato plants are almost five feet tall and full of green tomatoes. Squash, garlic, peppers and everything else is growing like gangbusters but, unfortunately so is the grass.  I cannot keep it cut.  Tonight, the horses will be outside of their fences grazing and working on getting some of the overgrown grass into control.  I will also let the chickens out to graze around the yard a little. If you are not aware of it, they graze just like a cow.  They will eat grasses, seeds and everything a cow will eat.  Unlike the large four legged grazers, chicks will eat bugs, ants, ticks, fleas, worms, crickets and scores of other outdoor pest.  They are wonderful animals.