June 29, 2012
Is it ever going to rain? It is really hot
and dry. My goodness it is only June and the grass where we live is already
burnt and not growing anymore. I live in the country and I see the pastures
that normally look green and refreshed from the first hay cutting of the year,
looking dead and brown and almost tired from the relentless heat. Hay season is
always a big deal in our family and if the hay crop is plentiful than the mood
is always happy and cheerful around the house, but this year it hasn’t been
that way. My Dad’s hay fields only made a third of what they did last year. Now
my husband is actually very fortunate this year. This spring her made the
decision to sell his cows, because he simply didn’t have time for them. Now, it
was definitely a good decision since he’d be having to worry about having
enough hay to feed them. The farmers in our area know the crop isn’t enough and
they dread having to look for hay elsewhere, knowing they’re going to have to
pay a high price. My husband actually bales hay for other people and they
either pay him or give him half the hay and then he sells the hay for profit.
He has been getting so many farmers calling him asking if he had any extra to
sell. Sad to say, but he doesn’t. My Dad is going to buy some from him, but
there just any extra due to the lack of rainfall. Some of the fields that my
husband normally would be cutting for hay right now, he is putting off hoping
we get some rain and grass will grow. He’ll just cut it in the fall. He fears
if he cuts it now the pasture will just die completely. I really hope it rains.
It is very dry. The pond that sits out in the field is already almost completely dry. This is not a small pond. Some even call it a lake. It has never been totally dry once, but I fear this year my be the year. Watching the cattle come up to it and try to cool off is hard to watch. They will walk out in it only to be able to cool off the lower half of their bodies. Please God let it rain.
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