Rain, Rain, Go Away...Come again some other day (like July?)

Hohum, it's been dreary out there.  We've run into a drainage issue in the lower section of the garden, where a lot of early crops were planted.   It's usually a bit wetter down there, but according to our records we have been irrigating our early crops some in the spring - if this spring had been like the last 3 or 4 we would have been doing great.   Alas, it's rained about every other day, and the mud down there is past my ankles.    It's set us back a little with early crops, which had to be re-seeded on higher ground.   

Nevertheless, we all know that it will dry out sooner or later, and we've got an abundance of transplants to set in the ground.    Micro-greens have been started and are doing well.   So far, there mix consists of sorrel, arugula, purple radish, kohlrabi, cabbage, mizuna and purslane - with more being added almost daily.

We did pick up our two beef calves last Wednesday, and they have settled in well with the older "Mean and Ugly" in the field.   Of course, once again, they are neither.      We have been getting our calves from a local amish dairy farm, which raises these calves under excellent conditions, with access to a barn well bedded in clean straw, and a well-managed pasture.   They are also raised on milk, not on milk replacer, which we believe produces a healthier calf.