Backroads of Morrow County Update:
Water, water, everywhere. It is not a good spring to be a farmer. So many fields have not been planted--and there is no end to the rain in sight. Even the fields that have been sowed are flooded. I am used to seeing growing crops this time of year as I traverse the backroads, but there is very little to see. Everything is green obviously--perhaps some fields will just yield hay this year--the grass is plentiful and high. One or two places have already done that. I don't know how it got dry enough to make into a bale.
I have seen more meadowlarks than usual. Perhaps they knew a summer of grassy fields was coming. A few of the orange daylilies that grow even in the ditches are blooming. Lots of yarrow. The red-wings are active. Lots of "new" ponds. A couple or more weeks of dry would be marvelous though I don't know how much it would help the farmers at this stage.
Prayers are needed for our physical sowers and reapers.
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