The Bodock Post ~ August 2010

Dry August and warm doth harvest no harm. ~ Old Folk Saying

It's hot and dry in Bodock Land. We are smack dab in the middle of the Dog Days of Summer, named for Sirius, the Dog Star. They range from early July till early August.

An Amish lady of the Randolph community once told me when I asked about the tornado which had struck their farms: "We take whatever the Lord sends our way."

Not only can we accept, we can look on the bright side of all the heat, and even rejoice in the beautiful sunlight, which we sons and daughters of the South do. I remember Momma singing us to sleep with the song "Heavenly Sunlight". Mimi did the same for our children and granddarlings.

Late summer is a time of harvest of our summer garden bounty. Our rich red dirt on the hills and in the bottoms gives us food enough for the entire year. We eat food grown in concert with the times and cycles of Mother Nature when our local soil has rising nutrients, is sweetened with warm summer rains, and direct sunlight enables photosynthesis to be at maximum.

If you don't have access to a garden, visit a local farmer's market like the one in New Albany for fresh delicious garden veggies like peas, Bella Rosa tomatoes, and corn raised by local farmers Tim Burress and Stanley Wise, Jr., and others.  Continue reading ==>>