Drought Buster

[biglentil]

Probably close to half my lentils drown, chickpeas same. "Inland sea"is a fitting description. Been doing a lot of mucky trenching with a goon spoon(spade shovel) and tall rubber boots on. Its good productive exercise. Canola and Durum better pull through they just happen to be on the higher ground this year. The good news is my home well wont run dry and the yard is lush green. Trees are coming back from the brink of death.

Spraying is going to be a challenge to do a nice job while not making too much of a mess or god forbid burying her. Really just got started on the herbicide program before last nights 2.5 inches. Thats 8 inches in 9 days.

[Guest]

Probably close to half my lentils drown, chickpeas same. "Inland sea"is a fitting description. Been doing a lot of mucky trenching with a goon spoon(spade shovel) and tall rubber boots on. Its good productive exercise. Canola and Durum better pull through they just happen to be on the higher ground this year. The good news is my home well wont run dry and the yard is lush green. Trees are coming back from the brink of death.

Spraying is going to be a challenge to do a nice job while not making too much of a mess or god forbid burying her. Really just got started on the herbicide program before last nights 2.5 inches. Thats 8 inches in 9 days.

wow that's the shits , any danger of flooding yards and homes? we are highly experienced in this . we use the quad or side x side and drive up and down our ditches . it's amazing how much water will come off . a lot of time it's just sprayer ruts and such stopping water from running .the sprayer cuts a nice ditch also if you have to go deeper , it really helps ! it looks shitty but you have to get the water off as soon as possible . good luck , I feel for you , it's gross

[biglentil]

wow that's the shits , any danger of flooding yards and homes? we are highly experienced in this . we use the quad or side x side and drive up and down our ditches . it's amazing how much water will come off . a lot of time it's just sprayer ruts and such stopping water from running .the sprayer cuts a nice ditch also if you have to go deeper , it really helps ! it looks shitty but you have to get the water off as soon as possible . good luck , I feel for you , it's gross

Not too many yards in the dirt road and creek zone. Was thinking quad with those tall skinny tires, good excuse to buy one I guess. Helps get it off and marks where a guy needs to to some cat work. Also 1st time I've wanted for a drone to find blockages on water runs downstream also take pictures for future reference. Problem is when it naturally drains across a neighbours and they dont give a shit that they blocked you off. Or just as bad when the RM doesnt and they put a shitty little 10 inch culvert in a major run. Inches make a big difference on the flat ground. There is a hardly a spot with more than 5 inches in it, but those areas can be 100's if not 1000's of acres in size. You would not believe the Carp some over 10lbs.

[Guest]

Not too many yards in the dirt road and creek zone. Was thinking quad with those tall skinny tires, good excuse to buy one I guess. Helps get it off and marks where a guy needs to to some cat work. Also 1st time I've wanted for a drone to find blockages on water runs downstream also take pictures for future reference. Problem is when it naturally drains across a neighbours and they dont give a shit that they blocked you off. Or just as bad when the RM doesnt and they put a shitty little 10 inch culvert in a major run. Inches make a big difference on the flat ground. There is a hardly a spot with more than 5 inches in it, but those areas can be 100's if not 1000's of acres in size. You would not believe the Carp some over 10lbs.

that's what we found it really marks ditches well, but it is amazing how much a quad does bring off . one. field we measured with the laser and 4" of dirt flooded about 60 ac, mind you we are pretty flat here . the ruts are not bad enough that you can still swath , spray, etc over them . then in fall we just go down bike tracks with rotary ditcher . plus it helps you keep your sanity when there's water all around you . Hope it drys up for you .

[Partners]

Once it starts raining..you will get a shower from every cloud.
We got another 3/10ths yesterday..nice slow drizzle..if would have needed it.

[farmaholic]

Just a couple of short weeks ago we were crying/begging/praying for rain in the dry zone, now....

What a difference those two weeks made.

What a way to make a living.

Because of the topography of our dirt, we won't get beat up from excess rain as bad as some people.

I guess my saying of, "wouldn't it be nice if it didn't matter" applies to too much rain as it does not enough....and anything else and everything in between the extremes.

It can be a tough way to make a living.

[Hamloc]

In central Alberta we are still hoping and praying for rain. Since May 1 we have had a total of 1.15 inches of rain. It came ion the form of small showers, biggest rain we had in one storm was 3/10. Everything looks not to bad considering how dry it is. What I am interested in is how large of an area in Saskatchewan recieved the heavy rains?

[Partners]

Wait till you get 9 yrs of to much rain..then you will realize where us NE guys are coming from.

[farmaholic]

Wait till you get 9 yrs of to much rain..then you will realize where us NE guys are coming from.

Farming in the Slum of the Ghetto has some advantages...few and far between.....but enough to keep us trying! But probably more because we don't know any better.

[fjlip]

Farming in the Slum of the Ghetto has some advantages...few and far between.....but enough to keep us trying! But probably more because we don't know any better.

Guess just the opposite here, dreaming of "just right rainfall" for decent crop without, ruts and mud, wet late harvest, keep trying/ hoping/ wishing till we are all done, cashed in.