Weather Can Be Frustrating
While rain can be good and bad in farming, perhaps today’s rain is for the best. Well, it actually started showering yesterday, and continued through today. A part of me…
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Too Many Storms, Not Enough Time
It has been a summer of storms… and summer has barely started. I write this as yet another storms deluges us with rain, a raging downpour that changes our already…
The Marathon Concludes… For Now
It was a long road. Sometimes exhilarating, often frustrating, and consistently exhausting, the 2013 planting season has finally drawn to a close. It is Thursday, June 13, and we “officially”…
Could’ve Been Worse
The rain event we needed came on Monday. The rain event we needed to avoid came on Thursday. Yes, the rain that was forecast reared its ugly head early Thursday…
The Swinging of the Pendulum
The rain I have been waiting for has arrived. Yesterday morning I awoke at my usual time, 5:15 am, to get ready to go spraying. As was usual of late,…
The Rain Conundrum
We have now reached the 2/3rds mark on our seeding progress. I feel that this is acceptable, given that we only started seeding two weeks ago, but I can’t help…
Seeding Progresses…
It is 10:45 at night and I have just had supper, so I will make this short. Seeding is progressing fairly well, with the half-way point at hand. Tomorrow we…