We have not had rain for weeks, and todays rain showers only added up to less than a inch. The plants might have gotten enoug moisture okeep them alive for the next 4-odd days, but then it will be gone and there is no more rain in theforcast.
The corn field around me ate starting to show yellow leaves. If we do not get rain soon, the corn in this part of Kansas may well be lost.
The winter wheat has already been harvested and it looked excellent, but if everybody looses their corn crop then the price of livestock feed will be very high!
The kids and I were SORT of able to keep my vegetable garden watered, even though it has hit 107 repeatdly It is yielding pretty well. I am getting more okra from my 6 plants then I got a few years ago from one and a half rows of okra! Okra LOVES! the heat!
It is cooler now, with highs in the 90's, so last night I went out at sunset, settled down onto the ground, and picked tomatos. It was lovely!
I am concerned about the cost of livestock feed too. I have 30 laying hens and 16 turkeys to feed.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get more rain soon...then send it our way!
30 hens and 16 turkeys would eat a HUGE amount!
ReplyDeleteIs there any chance you could find an altrnative source of feed, such as bread that the stores or food pantry were going to throw out? Thhere would not be near enough protien in it, though you might know more about protien sources than I do!