Rain and more rain

[Heirloom farmer1969]

Got almost another inch and a half of rain yesterday and last night.
More forecast later in the weekend . Not looking good. i'm way behind on my beans and corn.

 

[big rockpile]

Got almost another inch and a half of rain yesterday and last night.
More forecast later in the weekend . Not looking good. i'm way behind on my beans and corn.

I always think of the alternative.

I'm way behind on some of my Warm Weather stuff in the Garden.

big rockpile

 

[LouisFerdinand]

@Heirloom farmer1969, Does your garden have clay soil or sandy soil?

 

[big rockpile]

Flood of '93 left several feet of sand in the bottoms making it unfarmable.

big rockpile

 

[Chuckers]

Between weather that I cannot control, and my neighbor killing many of my spring plants after she had her lawn sprayed for weeds, I'm thinking hydroponics is in my future.

Good luck with your weather issues.

 

[big rockpile]

Got almost another inch and a half of rain yesterday and last night.
More forecast later in the weekend . Not looking good. i'm way behind on my beans and corn.

Might as well forget about Corn it won't make before it gets dry.

Back when I was farming if Corn didn't make we had the option of chopping it for Silage.

big rockpile

 

[Heirloom farmer1969]

@Heirloom farmer1969, Does your garden have clay soil or sandy soil?

@Heirloom farmer1969, Does your garden have clay soil or sandy soil?

@Heirloom farmer1969, Does your garden have clay soil or sandy soil?

In my part of Kentucky the best farmland is flat bottom land like my land . The soil is sort of sandy because of past flooding.
Although we have built the soil up over the years by planting clover, alafia and other cover crops .
The area where I have my cornhàs been planted the past two years was flooded two years ago when we got that once in one hundred year storm and it's a little sand for about the first inch or two but it raised one of the best corn crops I have ever grew last summer !!
Here's a picture of me getting my ground ready for a corn planting

 

[Heirloom farmer1969]

Got almost another inch and a half of rain yesterday and last night.
More forecast later in the weekend . Not looking good. i'm way behind on my beans and corn.

Finally got to work my sweet corn . I was lucky cause more rain is on the way tonight, tomorrow and Monday.

 

[Meadowlark]

We had our first, but not last, Honey Select of the year last night. Fantastic!!

 

[big rockpile]

On rain if some are saying we're getting too much. Tell them think of the alternative.

big rockpile

 

[big rockpile]

In my part of Kentucky the best farmland is flat bottom land like my land . The soil is sort of sandy because of past flooding.
Although we have built the soil up over the years by planting clover, alafia and other cover crops .
The area where I have my cornhàs been planted the past two years was flooded two years ago when we got that once in one hundred year storm and it's a little sand for about the first inch or two but it raised one of the best corn crops I have ever grew last summer !!
Here's a picture of me getting my ground ready for a corn planting

I was going to buy a house and acreage in Missouri River bottoms.

Dad says look at where it is. I didn't buy it on his advice. Then came the flood of '93 the house washed away.

The flood also left 5-10 foot of sand. Once again here comes the Government bought all the land. Before that they stopped Barges from going up and down the River.

big rockpile

 

[Heirloom farmer1969]

Meadowlark:
We had our first, but not last, Honey Select of the year last night. Fantastic!!
Man,that looks delicious
Nice matoes also !!

 

[Heirloom farmer1969]

Meadowlark:
We had our first, but not last, Honey Select of the year last night. Fantastic!!
Man,that looks delicious
Nice matoes also !!

Man that looks delicious
Nice matoes also!