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Not only seeded but up already
FTLComm - Tisdale - Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Only a few crops were seeded last year and those that were had very poor yields because of the wet and cool summer of 2010. Late in the summer a few farmers were able to seed crops that would come up this spring in a hedge against yet another wet year. As soon as the snow melted from the fields these fall crops began to look very green.
Realising that the wet fall had put a lot of water into the ground there was a lot of concern that this spring would be much like last year. The run off was average to heavy compared to other years but not as serious as it took place from Watson, Wadena and south to the United States border. They are still coping with saturated fields, over flowing lakes and streams and in the far south the Rafferty and nearby damns have been opened dumping even more water into the swollen streams. The Saskatchewan River system is running to capacity but it is still early for the run off from the mountains to reach this part of the prairies. The Gardner Damn at Outlook has been opened to reduce the rise in Lake Diefenbaker.
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Oddly enough things here are pretty dry and dusty. The ground has plenty of moisture but a nice little shower or two would be just fine. I noticed on Monday when I worked up the garden that the soil was damp enough to stick to my shoes but after being tiled it was dry on Tuesday.
Once again the issue of warmth that was a problem with last year's growing season has slowed the development but we have had lots of sunlight and tonight the temperature is staying just below that 20ºC mark. This is good and gardens and crops will do well with the next few days of predicted warm weather.