Posted by Don-Wi on July 23, 2010 at 15:59:52 from (75.219.14.37):
Been an awfully wet year here. We managed to get our corn mudded in a little over a month ago, and then we got all but 35 small squares of 2nd crop done in the short while we had some clear skies, but since then it's been raining almost every day again.
Got 4" last Wed., more the next couple days throughout the week, and then another 2" last night (Thurs). The ground is saturated and the creek across the road from us almost became a river yesterday, and has since gone down some but it was flowing across the road in a few low areas at the worst stage.
Some of the corn around us looks great, but most is too wet and is tossled out at 3'-6' tall, with alot of variance in the same field. Ours seems to be holding it's own so far, for only being in the ground for about a month.
Was gonna drop the crimper on our haybine to swath the oats, but we'd need a good week for it to be dry enough to get MOST of the field, and 3rd crop will be ready before then. The trick there will be getting a dry week to cut and bale it. Should be thick enough...
Saw a field last week where they must have got caught by the rain while making big squares. There were several bales sitting in several inches of water, and no possible way to retreive them without getting stuck with something big enough to lift the now 4,000lb water soaked bales. Lots of 2nd crop cut for 2 weeks now just waiting for the rain to go away. Thankfully, we did ours 3 weeks ago when we did get a short break.
Anyone who wants some rain water, bring your truck, bring your trailer, and come get it. Heck, I'll even help line your trunk with plastic to hold water....
I'm pretty sure we're gonna break the record for wettest July on record. We were 7th wettest June on record.
1st 2 pictures are of the pasture behind the house several hours after the rain. The feeder in the 1st picture had the rim completely under water when I got home from work, and I think that they're 15" rims, with probably a 235-75 mounted. That's not the lowest point in the pasture either.
The third is our side yard, and in the top left corner you cna see the neighbor's car parked by the road. The creek was over their culvert to get to the house.
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