Daryl was able to get all the corn and bean crops in by Sunday night! Whoo Hooo!!!
You just never know how the weather and the fields are going to be when you’re putting the crops in. I think I wrote in an earlier post that we have had extremely wet springs in the past and you either have to wait for the field to dry or you literally work around those spots until they’ve dried out. Now this isn’t the most favorable situation and our luck always has it that these wet spots are right by the highway, but you do what you have to do and make the best of it.
But for this years crops, Daryl had sunny weather and he even made a comment tonight after he finished up with the soybeans, that he sure felt that it was a great night being out in the field and working up the land. I’ve never heard this before, but he said when the hay starts to sway in the wind, it’s time to get the crops in. It was fun to hear him talk like that and it’s kind of a good visual picture thinking of him out in the field.
His goal today was to hurry up to get everything in before a band of rain was going to come that was crossing the state late this evening. And like I said, he was able to get the crops in and was just cleaning up when the rain hit. Now of course it had to be a good old rain storm and in this case it brought some hail with it. So not cool! The hail was about dime size and didn’t completely cover the ground, so that’s good. With all the farmers having a lot of money invested in their seeds that is just laying in the ground, you would hate to have them either washed away tonight or have the ground beaten up so bad.
For now, it’s only thundering off in the distance and it’s time to think about this upcoming work week. I’m guessing it’s going to be a busy week and I’m also guessing that we’re going to have to fit in some rock picking soon!