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I woke to beautiful blue skies this morning, but by 1pm the rains were back. It's only three more weeks until we see an end to the rains here in Nicaragua and I am really looking forward to Summer! We had pretty heavy rains this year, my front garden just about drowned and the road to our homestead is nothing but gumbo mud. It'll take weeks, maybe months, to dry out and we can't get any more construction done until it's almost bone dry so delivery trucks can make it in. For now, Roger has our workers clearing land and keeping the weeds down, using machetes, and next week will see work on the north fenceline. We've got over 700 meters to fence on that side, but luckily our neighbor has agreed to split the cost with us. The workers have begun cutting down maderas, chicarina, and tiguilote for living fence posts as they grow back quickly. As soon as we get good fences up, we can start cow shopping! Never been cow shopping before. Brahmas are big down here, but we're interested in Red Angus and recently found an organization that should be able to help get us started. The meat in this country is very lean and I can't wait to see a piece of marbled beef again! Been craving good Southern food lately, not just rice and beans, so last night I made up chicken fried steak and skillet corn bread.
Would've liked to add a nice salad but the market was lettuce-free. "Mañana", all the vendors told me. 'Course down here that doesn't mean tomorrow, it just means "not today". Still I'll try again tomorrow as my specialty lettuce tires are all gone and I've yet to even plant more. |
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