Things have changed quite a bit on our walk at Bridgham Farm and along side Turner Reservoir. Autumn has arrived, but the leaves are only just starting to turn in our area.
The farmer who has rights to the field got a great crop of hay for his silo, for winter feeding, in July. I missed taking photos (sorry!) as he did it in the 102 degree heat wave; I was NOT out there, walking around he heee.
We’ve had the hottest summer on record, and it has been very dry. The grasses just aren’t growing, so he has started cutting for his second crop this week. It is barely 8 inches high, no where near the 5 foot tall harvest he had previously.
We met some folks ending their walk, just as we were starting out. Tasha gets SO excited when she spots a “friend,” she dashes up to the dog, does play bows, tries to get them chasing her, runs back to me to tell me all about it, ha haa.
There are 2 areas where the farmer planted butternut squash. Time to harvest those, as well.
First they went through the fields and got all the squash together. I didn’t see this happen, so I don’t know if it was done by hand or with a machine.
It has been so dry some of the squash just didn’t grow.
Checking out the intersection in the paths, as many dogs see fit to leave “p-mail” there. Lacey.
Lacey and Tasha.
Stand by, more photos coming.
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