April cruelty

Looks like another warming day here on the NCR.  With the prospect of only slightly soggy golf courses and gardens beckoning for the weekend, perhaps spring is finally here.  For commercial growers in this area, the clock is ticking.  Many crops should either be in the ground or about to be.  Each week that goes  by without planting can not be made up.  Many will plant extra as soon as they can, but while it may look satisfying, except for commodity crops like corn and soybeans, planting extra invariably leads to low markets.  Planting 40 acres of spinach when the demand is for 10 is a recipe for heartbreak.  Even my small plantings for the farmer's market are subject to the limited demand.