Back At It

We had a bit of a rain delay.  We are used to getting a few tenths of rain at a time--not so this year.  Everytime it rains we get an inch...or two....or three.  M and J worked late Sunday night knowing that rain was coming.  We were headed to bed aboutl 2 a.m. and it started raining then.  We had heavy rain throughout the day on Monday and Monday night with a total close to two inches.  Not really what we needed.  Ditches and coulees are full of water again.  We've had almost 8 inches in May alone which is more than we usually get in a year!

The rain had stopped by yesterday morning and we've had wind so it's drying up pretty fast.  The cows decided M needed something to do yesterday and got out so he had to chase them back in.  R did some fencing so we can get them moved when we have a chance.

M had me up bright and early this mornig so we could go get his tractor and drill and move them back home.  He thought he'd be able to start seeding here sooner than at Opheim because the ground is sandier here.  He was so glad that he worked late to get that place finished.  We picked up R and Jared on our way so they could bring the trucks over.  We were hoping that we'd be able to take a shortcut back to the road, but when we went to scout it out we discovered that a coulee was full of water and running so we didn't dare try it.  The road across the creek is partially washed out so we couldn't go that way.  That meant we had to take the long way around.

We got back here at lunchtime so had lunch with the boys before we all headed up to the field, R and Jared with the trucks and J with the sprayer.  R and Jared had gone to retrieve the sprayer and had to cross the slab where the river runs and reported that it was really running, even more than a few days ago when we were last there.

Just as J and M were debating whether it was too windy to spray the wind really came up and ended the discussion.  J decided to go work on his drill and see if it was dry enough to seed.  Apparently it was because he wanted R to bring a load of fertilizer.

J's wedding is on June 11, and he's getting concerned about getting done seeding so he won't feel guilty about taking time for all the festivities.  I assured him that one way or another we'll all need a break by then.  He's hoping for "just 4 good days" so they can finish.  There are more showers in the forecast, but hopefullly 4 good days out of the next 10 is not too much to ask.