I got an excellent deal on a nice cultivator; it'll take some modification to fit my row width, however its in good condition and the discs on the ends will help hold a nice line on the hillsides.

Some of the corn is quite spectacular, some really suffered with all the rain and has yellowed. One can see a little of both in this photo. The last few days of sun and warmth has improved conditions in the field dramatically.

Today, finally, I was able to cultivate pumpkins. Normally I would have rotary hoed a comple times and cultivated by this point, however, the rains made that impossible. Vines don't normal do well with that amount of moisture. Fortunately these are on a nice fertile hillside on Karen C's farm. The weed pressure is managable and I see almost no bug damage. Quite lovely I think

in spite of my minimalist management, there is going to be buckets of strawberries soon

this time of year is quite busy; there is still ground to work, planting, transplanting, rotary hoeing, and by this time next week we'll be cultivating too. still rocks to pick, constant monitoring of drip tape...oh man there is work out there.
anyway, one may wonder; is there still time or energy for cycle obsessions? yes.
i have been experimenting with a few shifter combinations for the A.Eisentraut and i came across this old campagnolo shifter clamp, on ebay, from an italian seller, and i said to myself, self, i bet my
c-record shifters would mount on that clamp, and indeed they do. they shift famously and look perfect on the bike.