Farming in Between the Rains

By: Heather Barnes

To say it’s been a wet spring in North Carolina is an understatement. That’s good news for farm boys in muck boots who love to jump in muddy puddles, but not such good news for farmers trying to get crops planted.

Over the last three weeks, we’ve been out of the field more than we’ve been able to get in it. There seems to be a pattern this planting season. We have a day or two of good weather followed by rain and several days waiting for fields to dry out. When we finally get back in the field, the pattern repeats.