THE HAUL.
Unfortunately, those 20–30% chances of rain over the last few days turned out to be no rain at all, and thus none-to0-helpful. We did get a few drops on Tuesday evening but they promptly evaporated,...
View ArticleSWEATY ANIMALS.
So, I don’t want to jinx it or anything, but it is SUPPOSED to rain in the next few days (I am knocking on wood as I type this, just in case). And as much as we are looking forward … Continue reading →
View ArticleTENTH OF AN INCH.
First of all, we’d like to send a sincere congrats to all the farms who got some rain this weekend! Sadly, we would also like to extend a loud “we feel ya” to everyone else. This morning at dawn I …...
View ArticleFAIL.
“It’s baffling to me that something beyond your control can make you feel like a failure. But welcome to the life of a farmer.” -Courtney Lowery Cowgill A couple weeks ago Hannah and I received a...
View ArticleFALLING FOR IT.
They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but those people are decidedly not farmers. However, our trees (er, plants) need some rain to grow some food to give to our shareholders…and quick! But don’t worry...
View ArticleGAME ON.
When I got out of bed this morning the grass was wet and the rain was still coming––slowly, lightly, but surely. If it would last for a couple hours, we could say with confidence it would pull us from...
View ArticleAFTERMATH.
It’s nice to look around and see green, to walk through the yard with a literal bounce to your step as opposed to the hard, crunching thud of the days before the drought ended. The ground is finally...
View ArticleTHE DROUGHT AND YOU.
We’re hearing a lot in the news lately about the price of food: because of low soybean and corn yields this year, the price of food is going to rise. But it’s not actually. Cheap, processed food is...
View ArticleLE SIGH.
Unfortunately, our crazy relative Aunt Drought is back in town, staying in our garden and being a general annoyance: yesterday marks three weeks dry. Last night, since no rain randomly graced us, we...
View ArticleHISTORY LESSONS.
This winter I’ve been trying to catch up on some reading and lately the theme has seemed to lead to a simple conclusion: you aren’t just what you eat, you are, unequivocally, what everyone eats. I’m...
View ArticleOFF GUARD FARMING.
My parents came to visit on Wednesday and I could tell when they left that the drought was concerning them. That is probably why they called on Thursday and asked us what we would do if it didn’t rain...
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