I've said it before, I don't know what's worse, too wet or too dry. Too wet is frustrating and leads to anger in a hurry if anything sets me off. Too dry is just a daily grind that gets a little more depressing every day. When it gets in to late June and there's still corn to plant, every day just puts me closer to going right over the edge. Watching the grass turn brown this early in the year, well, that's a different matter.
We've had a chance of rain every afternoon this week. There's been some all around us, but none here. I finally cut some poor hay yesterday thinking maybe I could bait it in to raining.
We've been wet every spring for the past 25 years, so this drought is something I haven't had to deal with in a long time. The drought monitor this morning showed we're in a moderate, edging in to severe drought. One good deluge would make a big difference in the pastures and the corn, but after tomorrow, it looks like our rain chances are going away. The alfalfa is starting to bloom, so I might as well cut. I hate to do it because the second cutting will start back then bloom again while it's short and if we do get some rain in July, what can we do with it? Cut it and let it lay because it's too fine to rake? Then if it dries up again, the third will do the same thing.
I guess it all goes back to the old saying, Be careful what you wish for, because when I've planted corn the third week of June several times over the past 20 years, I was sure wishing for a year that I could get it all in in a few days in early May and be done with it. I did, but now what?
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