Green fields

The wheat is really greening up.  It's amazing what a little fertilizer and rain can do.

Quentin planted about 20 more acres of corn this morning, but then quit as it was starting to sprinkle.  Not much more than a sprinkle so far, but there may be another wave come through this evening.

Growing corn!

I decided to go out and check the corn fields today.  I went out to the last field Quentin planted and did a little digging.  (Shhh...don't tell Quentin I was out digging up his corn.  I put it back!)  I found kernels with short roots coming out!  They were only about 1/4", but looked nice and healthy.  We have a chance for rain again tomorrow, which would keep the men out of the planter for awhile longer, but we'll see what we get.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to everyone!  We had a nice rain early this morning and even some SNOW.  It didn't stick, of course, but it was big beautiful flakes.  We were very excited to find 0.8" in the rain gauge.  Corn planting will be on hold for a little while, but I'm sure the guys will find something to fill their time.

Raining!

We awoke this morning to a nice shower.  Wonderful!  It hasn't amounted to much so far (0.2"), but there is a chance again tonight and tomorrow morning.  Only a farmer would pray for rain on Easter!

The wind finally died down yesterday, and Paul was able to catch up spraying on newly-planted corn ground.  Quentin will likely get back on planting next week, unless it rains a lot.  In the meantime, they have some more time to work on the combine repairs.

Pause in planting

Quentin finished up a small field of Paul's this morning near the house and has decided to shut the planter down for awhile.  It has been VERY windy with no rain so the fields are getting too dry fast. The dust is really rolling!  Hopefully, we will catch some moisture this weekend as they are predicting.  In the meantime, Quentin was able to take advantage of the slower pace and planted some test strips comparing different hybrids in this field.

Corn planting

Quentin did start planting some corn yesterday.  He began on Chambers' home place and finished most of it last night.  Today, he plans to finish up that field and do one more field over there on Rose Marie's.  Then, he may move back closer to home and do a little here.  He doesn't want to do too much this week just in case the weather decides to turn nasty.  It's best to spread out the planting (and the risk) when you are able.  He had good moisture to plant in to, but it's never too early to start praying for rain!  It has been a relatively dry spring here thus far.  Maybe that will mean we are saving up the rain for July-August!

Ready to roll

The buzz of activity outside can only mean one thing...time to plant some corn!