I’d like to tell you how spring planting is going, but it pretty much takes just one word.
Wet.
We were hardly in the field at all in the month of May, and have spent less than 48 hours planting since June began.
Not really our ideal situation.
And sadly, the rain isn’t even all that great for the crops we planted in April. Several of our corn fields have large patches of yellow-tinged leaves where the plants are water-logged and roots don’t have oxygen. Even without standing water, the corn is drowning.
Thankfully, most of the corn is likely to pull out of this and be fine (oh please, oh please, oh please be fine), but the irony!
So Daddy is spending his time fixing equipment. There’s been trouble with trucks, several of the farm pick-ups and also the semis. Once we get a couple of working pick-ups I should be able to borrow one and leave my mini van in the shop to fix a nasty scratch. 😛 So there are silver linings.
Daddy's Tractor 