Burn Ban

[Janet]

It is really short...even for sweet corn. We haven't gotten enough rain and the news is that it won't do any good now. The corn crop is not going to be a good one. It's good that farmers can have insurance, but I don't know much about it. Our neighbor just to the south of us has an insurance company just for farmers called Crop Insurance Specialist.

This year is the first time in years that I wish we still had our pool, although I wouldn't want the expense to keep it up...lol. I don't even own a bathing suit anymore but have often thought these last few days that it would be nice to go to a lake. No one else would go and I won't go alone.

Suppose to be 102 degrees today , Friday, 99 on Saturday and then 86 on Saturday. Sunday is suppose to be 82 with a 20% chance of rain....sure hope that improves. I want to stand out in it...lol

[gja1000]

Janet, I feel your pain, for sure. We haven't gotten any rain now for over a month and you sure can tell it. Everything is brown and yellow. I'm really surprised we didn't have any fires from the fireworks last night. I know it just feels miserable.

[DianaB]

We have Crop Insurance here too.....in fact, some friends of ours run it. Because of the drought crop prices have been going up. Glen's been selling some grain but I know that with the rising prices he'd rather wait. It's so hard to sell when it's gong up!! A few cents can make a $500 difference in a load. It adds up quickly.

I wish that we would all get some rain and get over this dry weather. It worries me.

[Janet]

Same here....if the crops are not good, everything else will go up in price. Spoke with a farmer friend today and told him that I saw on the news that if we didn't get 4-6 inches of rain within the next two weeks and not all at once, that it won't help at all. He said he didn't think it would help anyway....it really too late. He's very worried.

[DIANE W]

Well here in England we are having a big problem with rain, some areas are having floods really bad, it is heavy rain, high rivers, and the drainage cant cope.

I have watched on the news how some people are being flooded out of their homes, its just awful, thankfully both at our home and our holiday home we are not at risk of the floods.

I will send you all some of our rain to help you with your crops, its a very worrying time for you, i am sure.

[DianaB]

Oh Diane.....if we could only share rain!!! We've had times that we've had so much.....and like you, wished that we could have sent it on to other places!!

Farming is such an up and down way to live. Every year it's such a worry and it seems like you never get the outcome.....or the price that you'd like. We never have paid vacations or holidays. My husband works long days......6 days a week. There are NO weekends. It's fustrating but it has been a great way to raise kids!! That's been the best part. There are times where I really, really wish that Glen had an 8 to 5 job with evenings and weekends off!! But God is good to us and we're blessed......it always seems to work out.

[DIANE W]

Diana.... i can only imagine how tough it is for you and other farming people at times, i think there are positives to both lifestyles.

It must be lovely to have the freedom not to be tied to a regular job, you know what i mean, like you have to answer to someone all the time. Glenn is his own boss so to speak, but with that comes the big responsibility of not having a regular wage, and the worry of farming life.

But like you say ....... thankfully it always seems to work out, despite the tough times, and that is a good thing.