"There is never a good year when your farming but you are always hopeful for one." That is a saying that my grandfather, Gerry always mentioned to me and it is something that I have grown to live by because it is certainly the truth. If we had a way to control Mother Nature, the American Farmer would have a much easier time getting work done and people fed.
The cold winter with a side of heavy snow fall had be expecting something the complete opposite of what we are getting from Mother Nature right now. The month of April has been unseasonably cold and we have certainly not had as many rain showers as we typically do. And to think a year ago, I was trying to figure out how to do a successful rain dance and complaining that it was too hot to be putting lettuce transplants in the ground without irrigating the field before planting.
Last year at this time, we were harvesting asparagus. Today, we are worried the transplants that are in the field can hang on (the temperature right now feels like March) and I am a little concerned about how some of the crops that we direct seeded into the fields will germinate with these temperatures; so needless to say we are little stressed over here in the Dell.
Here is to crossing our fingers that Mother Nature wants to play a little nicer. We have crops to grow, people to feed, and cattle that are itching for pastures filled with an abundant supply of grass!