We’re done, its over, a long spring planting season has come to its end. We finished seeding last week. It’s about a month late in happening but we are done.
We started the last week with a weather forecast that suggested we’d be seeing a couple of inches of rain over the week. So we started the tractor and went for it. A lot of this year’s crop went in extremely marginal conditions. A lot of seed can be seen laying on top of the ground as mud stuck to the press wheels and flipped the seed from being snug in the soil to laying on top of it for all the world to see.
But when the weather man says there is a chance for rain over the next week what do you do? You know the seed won’t grow if it’s in the bin. You know that crop insurance only really works if the crop is in the ground. So you go out and you do the best you can and hope for the best.
Some of the land in our neighborhood did get a harrow over the top of it after being seeded. This will put a little soil on top of the seed so that if it does rain, there is some dirt on top of the seed for it to latch onto and put forth a sprout.
Not an uncommon scene from this year. Not a pretty sight but it is planted.
But we are going to need to see the rain. Hot and dry will not foster any growth. so while the crop is in it is going to need a lot of help to amount to much of anything. Let’s hope for the best.
