hurtz donut...

Yesterday I ate 4 glazed donuts.
Not the freshly-made-every-morning-mom'n'pop-non-processed ingredients-type donuts.
No. The ones in a box I see stacked and sold by the register at pharmacies. That being said... they tasted AWESOME, hence four eaten. And I want to thank D for the thoughtful mid morning treat (yes, I'd probably eat more if given).
However, as I've spent the past few years treating my body fairly well on a day-to-day basis, I can truly tell when I put a questionable food(s) in it. Slow to the draw this morning. A bit lethargic for the first couple hours. Partially hydrogenated oils and processed sugars... in large volumes.

Eggs, toast and coffee (and Emergen-C) for breakfast.

We debated our plan of attack at the morning meeting as there is quite a bit of time/weather sensitive work to be done in the next few days. Soil prep, transplanting overdue seedlings, WEEDING!...
We passed on the weeding as the weather was sizing up to give us a much better transplanting day. Reason being that tomorrow shows rain. If we transplanted today the soil would be drier and workable and the plants would get water soon after being grounded. Plus, while weeds grow crazy fast and are harder to remove further on, they can be pulled in dry AND wet weather. So transplanting it was/is. Transplanting would wait until Tuesday's mowing was complete though.

Straight to the tractor to mow the rest of the W fields. A rather frustrating mowing experience as I slammed a few hidden bedrocks, couldn't get into a groove with the delicate maneuvering in tight spaces and, for the life of me, could not keep the tractor from lurching regardless of how slow I let out the clutch and what combination of low gears I used. I did finish, albeit a little later than I wanted.

The lead up to lunch saw two beds of celeriac hand-transplanted and one bed of cabbage cultivated.

Lunch was more greens from W1 (arugula, pak-choi, lettuce), chic peas, sunflower seeds, quinoa and sauerkraut (homemade by E) all thrown together in one delicious salad. Take that, 4 donuts!

Afternoon began by finishing our de-rocking of field F. E took over the mowing reigns as I hopped aboard the John Deere to rototill the rest of F's plowed sod.
Unfortunately, about 1 1/2 beds in, due to the mammoth power of the Deere and the not-so-mammoth size of the rototiller compared to what it was trying to chop, its 2-plate slip clutch (yep, the one D and I serviced and I devoted most of a posting to) had a pretty hard core burnout. It does not seem to have seized, but best to put it to rest until tomorrow when we can take a closer look. Dang Belleville Spring!!

As tilling was no longer a viable option, I switched to the riding mower to finish off a few places outside of W fields' fencing that I missed earlier.

The day seemed done as soon as it began.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for light rain tomorrow. Still have not rectified the rain gear situation. Perhaps I can blame that one on the donuts too...

Two more things:

1. I realized at the end of the day that I had taken no pictures. I promise it won't happen again.
2. No further progress on the car as I spent my free time reading the manual... preparing to troubleshoot.

Another gorgeous day here on the farm. Seem to have a lot of them...

Dig