Do you see the tall stalk in front of the peas?  This is a chicory volunteer from last year, and I want to show you what it looks like as it’s bolting.

Soon, I’ll be able to show you a picture of it in flower.

And, yeah…  it’s almost June, and the peas are just getting started…  I’ve never had so much riding on the weather before, and it’s this crazy year when we’re just getting the farm going?!?!

At lunchtime I said to David, “I thought it was supposed to be dry today?  I think the weatherman told us it would be dry today because he knew we’d beat him up if he told us the truth.”

In any case — and even though I pulled soggy weed tops and left some roots in the ground — I weeded for 8 hours today.  I am sore and can’t sleep ’cause of the aches.  Tomorrow (today — it’s late), I’ll mow and weed-wack.

Here’s one of the Australorps today…