Lucky So Far

Rainfall amounts on the farm for the latest series have been manageable.

.9" Thursday AM and another half inch in the evening.
1.3" inches over night into the early morning hours today.
So - 2.7" and counting - since the forecast calls for more heavy rains tonight.

We understand that Denver, IA had 7" over a similar 24 hour period. So, we are reminded how bad this could have been.

There is some standing water in a few places in our veg fields, but nothing terrible at this time. We are hopeful that tonight's rains are more moderate than forecast.

On the positive side - the early Thus rains were gentle and actually quite useful. the slower rate allowed the soil to take in most of the moisture. We'd have been thrilled if it had stopped there for the week.