Then the cucumbers had a dozen ready and there were a couple cherry tomatoes that got tossed in as well.

I tried to take advantage of the cooler temps to get some of the spuds dug. I finished off the row and pulled a few from the next to top off the baskets. 41.25 pounds.

Washed and drying on the deck.

Then back in the garden digging the next row I got about half way through it and got a 41.75 pound load hauled to the deck, washed, and laid out to dry.

But that was after I bagged the prior batch. The bags are working wonderfully now and I am not needing to label them. The 10 pound bags have a white draw string, the 15 pound have the green, and the 50 pound are obvious.

Once I made room the spuds got spread out.

MY ORDER FINALLY ARRIVED!!!! But in the end the most important part was getting my glasses. The sled had to be dealt with as I had left the front end torn apart over night. So I set about putting it back together and it didn't take too terribly long before the front wheel was back on.

THEN I moved to the right rear and HOLY SHIT did I find the problem. This is the right rear brake pads.... The left one was the inner, the right the outer.

So after a run to Autozone in Deer Park I was home with the new set of brake pads. Crazy difference between the new and the old. So it appears that the pin that holds the brake piston in place on the top side was corroded and had stuck which caused the brakes to wear so messed up. I got the pin freed so hopefully it won't stick again. I took the sled out for a bit of hard braking stops to get the pads a bit of wearing in.

It was hot, around 5pm, and I still had spuds to dig. I was done with the mechanics for the day so went and finished off the last of the 3 rows of spuds in the section of the garden. I grabbed a few from the other rows to top off the baskets which ended up at 43 pounds.

Washed and drying I had dug 126 pounds for the day and have 708 pounds in total so far. I'm bagging them as I go which is making this a way better system than I had last year. These should all store FAR better this way in the bags.

It really amazes me just how bad my eyes have gotten now that I have glasses. It's the slow degradation that one can easily miss or not want to admit to. I actually like both of these... I got a set of 6 of the black frames that are getting set around in specific places and then I got a set of the folding ones. SUPER handy for me to have in the pocket of my kilt for around the farm. I am notorious for destroying things and I know that if I were to have to carry the black frames around I would break them far to fast.

The folding are not uncomfortable and I like the compactness of them.

The black frames are larger and work well at the computer. I am going to have to get a pair of 1.5 and 1.75 as these don't allow me to hold something closer than 8 inches from my eyes. I want to be able to hold a pcb or something closer since the parts are pretty small I know the higher mag lenses will be perfect.

With the sled back in order I am now going to get to work on the truck. I am at the halfway point with it and now the real work begins of putting it all back together correctly. It's to be HOT today so I am going to be out early in the garden, will have the house closed up early to try and retain the cool, have to move spuds to storage so they aren't sitting in the sun on the deck, and I need to get physical therapy figured out.

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