Now a couple of days beyond the eclipse, life has settled down in our Marion County community. There’s a party’s-over feel to things, as if everyone’s returning to their regular routine after a holiday.
The regular routine ’round here is pretty great, when you get right down to it.
I had a chance to take the pulse of things this morning on a trip to town. People are still talking about (and asking each other about) Monday — where they were, what they saw and how they felt.
There might be a sense of relief that it’s over. Maybe a feeling of validation, too, that Chicken Little was sent packing.
No earthquakes. No cyber attacks. No rapture.
No crisis.
The point of venturing out this morning was to buy grass seed to sow on a homestead where I have no intention of ever mowing. We have a few bare-dirt areas created by excavation and clearing that get muddy in wet weather, and the solution to that problem is growing grass.
In particular, the leach field on the lower level has virtually no vegetation growing on it. Even a sparse crop of grass will help hold the soil and keep the mud down. If it ever gets too tall or too thick, a string trimmer would be all we’d need to keep it under control.
I stopped first today at Miller Hardware, but they had grass seed only in small shaker cans (enough to repair the odd bald patch). The feed mill up the road, however, came through for me — I brought Home a 50-pound bag of a “contractors mixture” of tall fescue and ryegrass seed.
My plan is to rake where I mean to sow, then seed with a hand-crank broadcast spreader I picked up last year at a neighbor’s garage sale for two bucks. I’m toying with covering the seed with a thin layer of straw — we used four bales of it to keep the winter wind off the camper’s plumbing, and I need to find a way to dispose of those anyway.
Now it’s a matter of watching the weather. I want to plant while the soil’s a little moist, and before we’re expecting a soaking (but not flooding) rain within 12 hours or so. The extended forecast promises a couple of opportunities between the 15th and the 22nd.
It did rain today, a steady afternoon drizzle that kept the air cool and me relaxed. The peaceful mood suited me.
We’ll see what tomorrow holds when it gets here.
Take care of yourselves, Patriots. Stay calm. Stay sharp. Stay free.
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