The tractor came and plowed the back field and the small ½ acre in the front. The fields always look so nice and clean right after they are plowed. This year the guys will not have as much land to plant because we demarcated the areas around the buildings, the road and a pathway to the security light so the watchmen don’t have to walk through corn or peanuts or whatever the guys decide to plant. Papa Zachariah, the old watchman plants the front field. Last year he planted tomatoes, okra and some corn. The corn did not produce well but the other crops did. The tractor does not have any means of making the ground smooth and level. He has 3 large round disks and just turns the ground over once and calls it a day! This leaves big ruts in the ground which makes it very difficult to drive over. The guys will probably wait until the next big rain to do the planting.
Steve took pity on me today and ironed behind me as I was sewing scraps for a quilt. He is a good egg; when he does something that helps me out I tell him that I will let him stay in Ghana another couple of months. He is always quick to tell me that is not really a very good incentive to keep him working! Ha!
The power steering pump on the green truck locked up and fluid spewed all over the engine. Gomda, the mechanic ordered a used / rebuilt one from Tamale. After he got it put in it was worse than the one he took out. He sent that one back and had another one sent. This one seems to be working well. We plan to take the green truck to the bush to visit one of the churches tomorrow so we will see how well it works. Fortunately we are not going very far tomorrow.
Steve pulled out the charcoal grill and is in the process of grilling chicken for supper. We decided that if he was going to grill a little he needed to grill a lot; no need in wasting the charcoal on 4 pieces of chicken. He is cooking enough for at least 4 meals. It will be nice to have it in the freezer for a quick meal.
Nazo has been back to work for the past 2 days and the yard is looking much better. We have not seen any mangos in several days so I guess our mango season is over for this year. The hybrid mangos are still being brought up from the southern part of Ghana.
We went to town this afternoon and bought a 100 pound bag of sugar. We use it to make weaning mix and peanut butter paste. We also needed peanut oil but the lady we buy from had sold out. She said that she would have more tomorrow because it would be market day. We are not sure if we will have time to go to the market tomorrow.
Thank you for all your help!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
