Pasture Flattened.

8-30-18 VERMONT: Three days of pasture work have turned an unruly pasture almost into a pool table. A lot of scraping, digging, dumping, grading have leveled the upper pasture for a big tent. Actually it is graded to drain to the sides and downhill. One spot will still need some additional fill. The pasture accesses and yard entry were also re-configured to make them more car-friendly. Tomorrow we get haying and seeding of the raw dirt.

We had rain last night and again this morning, which almost filled the pond up, and it me skip watering today.

Today I heard and then saw a Pileated Woodpecker and later a Kingfisher, but sadly, no pix.

September arrives over this, Labor Day, weekend, and summer officially ends in a few weeks. The days are rapidly shrinking, and the darkness begins to take over September 23, when the sun dips below the Equator.

Anticipating Autumn, Judy left for NJ this morning and begins a new pet-therapy season next week. I will be here for a bit longer to finish chores and the pasture prep.


Late August gardens look good even without peonies or daylilies or delphinium.

Hardy hibiscus above and below certainly add to the floral display...

Even if they're obscenely huge.

Salsa echinacea adds some vivid red.

Pasture graded, ready for the next World Cup.

Another angle, actually there is a spot that was very wet after the rain last night. It might need some extra fill.