More rain!

We had more rain over the weekend, almost an inch in total.  Everything is pretty soggy out there.  The planter will remained parked for now.

A little wet

We had about 0.5" of rain Thursday evening, which was enough to keep the men out of the fields.  More storms are expected to roll through tonight so we will wait and see when we can get back in the fields.

Onward!

Quentin has been able to keep the planter rolling.  The fields continue to dry out, but he has had to avoid a few wet spots.  Yesterday, he planted at Paul and Helen's house, and then moved over east to Osterloh's and Rose Marie's.  I expect him to stay over there today unless he runs in to wet fields.

Paul has been spraying whenever the wind will let him, mostly on the corn ground that has been planted, although there is also more bean ground to cover as soon as he can get to it.

Rain is expected tonight through tomorrow morning.  I do not think the men would mind a short break from planting and spraying, but we hope that any rain coming is light and gentle.

Dry enough to leave a nice planted row!

Planting!

The planter started rolling this morning!  Quentin planted on Kenneth's, Marilyn's and is now down at Rose on one of Street's fields.  So far things are going pretty well.

The wind was down today so Paul was busy spraying.  He started on bean ground and switched late in the day to spray the corn ground that Quentin had planted.  When things get busy around here, they get very, very busy!

We will have to keep an eye on the skies, but tomorrow should still be a good planting day, at least.  Rain chances start tomorrow night, but the greatest chance right now is not until Thursday night.

Ready to plant??

Bags of corn seed have begun to appear!  We had wind and sunshine through the weekend and today so Quentin thinks a few fields may be dry enough to plant by tomorrow.  We were lucky to miss the rains last night, and the next chance is not until Wednesday evening.  Quentin is spending today getting everything ready, including loading the planter with corn seed.  Hopefully, he will find enough dry ground to get at least a couple good days of planting in before the next front rolls through.

Loading the planter

Wet, wet, wet

It's wet.  There's really not much more to report than that.  We had about another inch a couple nights ago bringing us close to 5" in the last two weeks.  We did see the sun yesterday, and the wind has been blowing some, which is helping to dry out the roads and yard.  I no longer have to put on my rubber boots to walk out to the asparagus patch or mailbox, at least!  Last night, we had a light frost, but temperatures should warm up in the next few days.  We are happy that we did not try to plant before the rains.  I expect any corn in the ground around here is wet and shivering!

Still wet

We received 1.3" of rain over the weekend, and it is still rainy!  Perhaps we should start growing rice...