Hot days!

We are having a lot of hot, humid days!  The soybeans are holding up well, but could use a rain soon.  The men are plugging away at the haying.  They had a couple delays.  A cloudy morning with sprinkles slowed drying one day and a hydraulic hose broke on the mower yesterday, but they are going full force again today.  We do have some rain chances over the next few days and hope that we get some moisture for our soybeans!

Back to it

Back to raking and baling today!  We are supposed to have a stretch of dry weather this week so they should be able to get quite a bit done. 

Soon we'll be ready for more rain!  I've decided farmers are a very demanding group.  Rain.  Not too much rain.  More rain.  Dry out a little.  Not too dry.  More rain.  Seriously, though, it has been a great year weatherwise so far.  We're excited for harvest.  I have seen some early corn (on a neighbor's field) that is drying down already.  It won't be long before harvest season is here!

Hit and miss

The rain showers were hit and miss this week...mostly miss.  There were enough rain chances that the men put off haying, but I think Paul will be back to mowing by this afternoon.

Rain!

A nice rain just when we could use it.  We had 2.3" at the house yesterday morning.  I guess Paul is glad he didn't mow any hay down Sunday!

A break from haying

The men were able to bale quite a bit of hay this week.  It was hot and dry!  They paused on the mowing, however, since there were chances of rain in the forecast.  This morning, there is a front coming through and showers around.  Nothing accumulating yet, but hopefully we will get a good rain out of it.  The soybeans could use the moisture.

Filling up the hay barn!

Hay season is in full swing.  The men have been busy mowing, raking, baling and moving bales.  We do have some chances of rain in the forecast for next week, and we'll need it by then.  The soybeans will need the moisture and the men will be ready for a break!

 

Haying progress!

The men are finally making some progress on haying.  Tuesday was cloudy in the morning and very humid with little wind so the hay was not drying well.  Yesterday was sunnier with a breeze so they were able to make some good progress.

Mowing hay