Nature is a tad gross sometimes.

7/6/2020

(Above: About a tomato weight’s worth of hornworms plucked from the plants in garden #1 this morning.)

Summary: Today began with writing, a beef pasture check, and calisthenic exercises. This was followed by my checking on both gardens and then my returning to Jacobhouse where I wrote for a few hours before visiting Padre in the studio. After this, I tended to some kitchen tasks, including: cutting up a cantaloupe & watermelon, salting beef for tonight’s dinner, and slicing / oiling / salting / baking four sweet potatoes for lunch.

Exceptional cantaloupe from Nickles’ produce stand.
A lunch of baked sweet potato fries, sauteed green beans, and cucumber salad. The mustard at the corner of the plate was used for dunking the potatoes and beans.

Here is an interesting video I took of a hornworm this morning; it was displaying (unsuccessful) defensive mechanisms against an egg-laying fly:

After the fly had laid at least 5 eggs, I felt that it was best to put the hornworm out of its misery.

(6:27 PM Update:) Afternoon activities began with rest and writing which were ensued by cattle-related activities. These consisted of the usual tasks: bovine feeding, health checks, calf/cow catching, helping with an embryo transfer, and IV’ing an ailing Wagyu calf out in the field. To conclude farm tasks, I checked the beef pasture with Padre one more time.

In keeping with today’s post title, here is a video I took this afternoon:

Final Note: As I prepared today’s entry, I cooked some polenta (easy enough, but requires stirring every five minutes), and in about 40 minutes, I am going to begin cooking the Master Blend rib-cap. Together, I believe the polenta and the rib cap are going to make a tremendous meal.

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