Working in the heat

Mrs ERJ suggested we go to an earlier Mass so I could beat-the-heat AND still care for the trees at The Property. Sounded like a great plan to me. I drove to The Property directly after Mass.

I changed into my work-duds, drank eight-swallows of electrolyte directly from the gallon jug and set the timer for a half-hour. It was 9:35. I wet the shoulders and arms of my tee-shirt and put it on.

I started with 300 gallons of 300PPM Nitrogen solution (half pound of urea in 100 gallons of water) and I had about 30 gallons left when I finished.

I chugged more electrolyte on the half-hours. At the one-hour mark I sat in the air conditioned truck for four minutes. It felt nice but wasn't necessary. I did not repeat at the two-hour mark, just another eight gulps of electrolyte. 

I finished at 11:58 and drank another eight swallows of electrolyte still had 1/4 of the gallon of electrolyte in the jug. 

It was cooler in the Upper Orchard than the Hill Orchard because of the breeze. The weather-weenies were predicting a heat index of 99F at noon and that is about what it felt like. My clothes were very, very damp from the sweat. 

I did notice 10-year-olds playing baseball at the American Legion when I drove by and they were wearing full uniforms. In June of 2012 the Atlanta Braves played a game where the temperature was 104 when first-pitch was tossed and it got up to 106F during the game. Not much wind in those stadiums, either.

Not too hot to play. Not too hot to work. 

 

A distraction

Most of their material is NOT in English.

They look like they are having a lot of fun. 

Another distraction

Skip ahead to 0:23. It keeps getting better and better.