Thursday, July 30, 2015

Another Fair day ends in wrath

As surely as we couldn't buy a drop of rain in May, we can't turn the tap off in July.  The garden was promising to round into shape for a late surge, but if the rains keep coming, I'm seriously thinking of waving the white flag and surrendering.  Fortunately, I don't depend on the garden for a living, but there are many growers in this area who are looking down the barrel of a large caliber loss of income due to this crazy weather.  Corn is stunted, hay is not being made and soybean yields will be impacted even if we get a great August and September.  Being dependent on the weather has always been a factor in farm life.  It is now becoming the preeminent force in most farmer's planning.  That is not a good situation.

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