All it does now is rain. We never seem to get just the right amount of anything any more. It's either not enough or way too much and let me tell you this is waaaaay too much rain. Everything is now soaked and saturated and yet it just keeps coming down. The fields are flooded and every little nook and low area has become a small pond.
Yet I must say the rivers have not rose out of their banks for the most part yet so that's a good thing.
My tomato seedlings have reached the point that I need to put a stick in their pots to keep them from falling over. I have never had to resort to letting them get so tall and with so much growth while still keeping them potted up. I was not able to get any peas in the ground nor my potatoes planted this year at all although I will go ahead and put the potatoes in if it ever dries out enough to plant them. The peas are a dead issue this year because if I put them in now it will soon turn way too hot for them. Next year I will have the new raised beds in operation to avoid the monsoon season issues all together. It just wasn't in the cards this year.
The new raised bed frames are put together and in place and I managed to get four of the new eight beds filled with old manure and dirt before the rains started but the last four are still waiting. I dredged out the old loafing shed and made one full load trip with the manure and the next day it rained before I could make the second trip. The pile has yet to dry out from early April and the gate opening to get back there has been a lake ever since. The only way I maybe could get to it is if I went down there with the big 4WD massy tractor and a trailer. Maybe. By the looks of that muddy lake entryway I am not sure I wouldn't end up pulling it out as well.
Now that I have completed all the outside stuff I could do under the muddy conditions it might as well be Winter all over again. We are all still stuck inside and irritable to say the least.
The forecast shows four days of warming up and dry conditions after tonight so maybe things will improve. Cabin fever has set in hard today however.
Keep Prepping Everyone!!!
Stop complaining. You still need the rain. It takes a long, long time to recover from that long of a drought. From experience in the Southeast, you can be right back in a drought before you know it.
ReplyDeleteBah I am gonna bitch and complain. This is just as bad as a drought for me and the bees anyway. At least I could get some work done when we were in a drought.
DeleteCan you plant for fall peas? That rain seems to be feast or famine. Hang in there! :)
ReplyDeleteMissy - I might could try. If Fall is anything like this so called Spring has been it might be long enough. Usually we go right from ultra-hot to freezing nights though with little in between for the cooler weather stuff.
DeleteCan you find scuba gear on ebay??
ReplyDeleteRob - I am thinking about bringing my old John boat up from the lake.
DeleteAlmost same weather here, but not as bad. Figures, we just seeded the new pasture area (which is partly on a hill....in the Ozarks...imagine that) so I suspect that there will be lush, green grass in the gully at the bottom of the hill in about a week.
ReplyDeleteCarolyn - Ya we were lucky when we fertilized the hay field as we got an easy slow rain right after so I figure most of it soaked in. The field is greening up nicely but yes any seeds put down would have been washed away that's for sure.
DeleteIf we get four days of Sun and dry like they are claiming I maybe able to actually get out there and plant something by Wednesday.
Keeping my fingers crossed.