Today we got an all-day rain. It was gloriously wet. It’s nice when this happens. It’s irrigation from the sky. It’s a lot of water not pulled out of the ground. Somewhere I read that, given the choice, plants prefer rain water over tap water. And it’s better for us too because the plants feed us, clothe us, house us and heat us. We should probably be paying them but, darn, they don’t care much about money. So I guess we should treat them with humility and gratitude. Humility because they’re a whole lot more evolved than we are. And gratitude because they make it all possible. All of it.

Two days ago I started fermenting a 40 gallon barrel of nettle tea. I noticed today it’s already starting to froth up. It will be powerful stuff in a few days. Then I’ll spray it on the trees.