We're farmers?

 6:45 am - Wednesday - March 26th - TWW - 50° F, humidity 35%, wind 6 mph out of the east by southeast......partly cloudy today with a forecast high of 77° F.  On this date in 2013 TLE and I visited Augusta National where the Masters is played each April.....

....and it is almost that time again...April 10th to 13th are the dates of the 2025 Masters.  The view this morning.....

Tuesday, at 82° F, was the hottest day I can remember since we arrived at TWW back in late October when we had a few days in the low 80's.  Thankfully, the temps will cool back into the 70's and 60's for the next 2 weeks.  Nevertheless, we were out working around the property by 9 am....about an hour earlier than our norm.  And I say "why not?", when it is already in to 60's.

The main project for the day was to plant potatoes and onions in the raised growing beds we recently rehabilitated.  Phyllis had bought some 'seed' potatoes a while back, and due to the warming temperatures, had begun to sprout, so it was time to get them in the ground.....

All four rows in this bed are potatoes

The two rows on the right are potatoes, and the two rows on the left are onions

....in all we planted 6 rows of potatoes, and 2 rows of onions.  Now we need to get that new 6' fencing installed ASAP to keep the critters from pilfering what we've planted, and that should happen when Charles and Phyllis visit this week.  We've got 100' of welded fencing, but need 150', so they will bring the difference with them.  

We removed all the cardboard boxes from the CONEXT, which had been stacking up, then broke them down, and moved them to the loft in the garage to make room for shelving we're going to install in the CONEXT to hold a lot of hardware (fasteners, etc.) that is sitting on the floor in boxes right now.  We're getting tired of 'standing on our heads' to look for stuff in those boxes.  This hardware was left behind by the former owner of the property, and there is a lot of good stuff in the boxes that would cost hundreds of dollars to replace.

With just 3 weeks left before our departure date we're beginning to put stuff away in preparation for 'lift off'.  Our target date for departure is April 20th....give or take a day, or two.  Our first day of work at LPG&RVR this year is May 1st, so we'll have a nice leisurely drive back to Northern California.  We want to arrive there around the 27th, or 28th.

As you will recall, I recently removed the full doors, and rear covering on the Jeep CJ5, but had not yet installed the half doors.  I did that Tuesday afternoon, and they look pretty good.....

....I'm still amazed at how much I got for the price I paid!

By 1:30 pm TLE and I were done working outside.  I actually wore short pants and a t-shirt all day for the first time in a long time. Anyway, it was just too warm for us old fogies, so we headed back to the cool Newell interior for the afternoon.  After a cold winter we'll begin the long, drawn out task of reacclimating to warmer temps for the net few weeks, then head to Likely where we'll probably get snow a couple of times in May like we always do, then the process will begin again....lol.

Our new batteries are working better than expected.  They only get down to 85, or 90% overnight, which is amazing, and they recharge pretty quickly.  I still need to install that Victron charge/controller so I can input the correct settings for lithium batteries, and be able to monitor their status on my phone like I do the Bluetti battery bank.

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