i was biking home from a job around noon today, and a woman in a black suburban stopped me; i thought she was asking for directions...she said, i want to give you this. it was a little wad of money. i asked, what for?. she- i just feel like i should give it to you. i - i'm not poor, i'm riding my bike because i want to ride my bike. i didnt take the money. it was a wierd feeling. i was wonderfully dirty, and in work cloths as i had helped with some chain saw work south of delano, and brought my bike as a means of escape since i'm very handy with a saw and i knew they would try to keep me much longer than i desired, and i do have my own work to do even if rain is inevetable. and they did try to keep me longer, and i did manage to escape...
so i was dirty, very, and i had been on the end of a saw for a few hours, and i was biking into quite a wind and it was past noon so i was about as hungry as a bear, so i can kind of understand her conclusion and i only wish i had gone into marketing mode; for example; if you want to help me, buy produce just up the road at Peterson produce.
or; if you want to help someone, google artandes and click on communidad, then paypal.
maybe next time.
and maybe i should ride around more in my work clothes.

yesterday, 5/5, the sweet corn began to emerge.
this spring seems really early and warm, however, that's only a few days ahead of last year.

strawberry blossoms are beginning to show up
its very exciting!!

the sweet corn germinated in under a week. i have never ever ever had it germinate that quickly this time of year.

I planted 5 varieties of sweet corn today. It seems a lot earlier than normal. Not by the calender; last year I started 4/22. The soil, the land, is ahead; dryer and warmer than usual for this time of the year. The ground really worked up and planted well.
A nice little rain would be perfect now.

if you get down on your hands and knees you can see the wheat is coming. by tomorrow night there will be rows.
we were walking the fields for rocks today. its funny about rocks. how they're hard to just leave out there on a pile, they are just so lovely.
we bring nearly half of them home

nice nice rain last night; nearly 1/2 inch. perfect for germinating the wheat planted this past friday 4/9
sweet corn will be soon