Instinctively I knew that as soon as I began getting our solar irrigation system up and running it would begin to rain. And it did. I'm not complaining. We had 5 hours of slow steady rain yesterday and abundant warm sunshine today with a light afternoon shower.........it's a good time to be farming.

The Tarryall area is typically pretty darned dry although the real oldtimers always talk about the good ole days when the summers were green and cool and there was real snow in the winter. Seems like the recent past has been more like cold desolate winters followed by a dry spring that eventually gave way to a nice late summer monsoon-- just enough moisture at just the right time to make things grown just enough.........to create some good fuel and kindling for wildfires the next year.

I like our most recent pattern-- starting with late April when we got some nice wet snows that gave way to a true rainy spell in late May that seems to continue on and will hopefully take us to a bountiful year of production. All signs look good. The soil temperature is a bit above normal, the seeds are germinating well, there are ladybugs everywhere and our biennials from last year are starting to thrive. This just may be the year when we start taking things to market in mid July, rather that the end of July----we shall see.