There is not much to talk about today except this wonderful weather! This could definitely spoil a person but that is one of the nice things about Missouri. I think when you live in a state that can give you such oppressive weather as we had this summer it makes you really thankful when you then get such a pleasant fall. If we could just have got a nice soaker a couple of weeks ago my stuff would really be jumping now.
I had a real blessing this week as the rodeo team fromMissouriValleyCollegecame out to help me finish digging my potatoes. We dug over 20 rows of potatoes in about one hour. I couldn’t keep ahead of them with the potato digger and it was quite a site as we had young people lined up the full length of the row. If I could dedicate all my time to that project it would have taken me over a week to accomplish that task. The problem is that I can’t give all my time to that, so realistically it would probably have taken me almost a month to do that. Now I can devote my attention to other pressing matters. If I can work something out with them each year maybe I can keep growing as many of those wonderful potatoes my customers love so much. It was getting to the place where I was considering downsizing my potato acres because most of my help was back in school when I really needed them for potato digging. I really don’t mind digging potatoes but it does get a little lonely out there all by yourself. Also I just can’t get them out in a timely manner by myself.
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