Kyle Meacham, our farmer (Hallie’s age), knocked on our living room door about 8:15 last night. Kyle knows from experience he might just find us ready for bed in the evening. Mike was still dressed but I was in my nightgown and robe. Oh well.
Mike mentioned the crops look good and Kyle agreed. He said it’s rather surprising because closer to Nezperce the fields have turned white with the heat. Mike also mentioned that Praest’s garbanzo field doesn’t look so good, and Kyle said that the crop dusting he ordered on our fields drifted onto the garbanzos and killed them. He said he didn’t know what was going to happen about that. [You can see in the photo how brown and bare the field above the pond looks. That’s the garbanzo field.]
3 comments:
That is funny about Pete waving. I'll bet he'll wave again in no time!
Too bad about the garbanzos.
That's too bad about the heat and the crops. The price is so good this year. The sprayers must have insurance about weather drift, etc. How can they tell that is the cause of the drying? That's the perils of farming. Hope your crops are all right.
I guess they know it was the spray due to the timeframe and type of damage. Kyle seemed sure about it -- he wasn't in denial. Kyle was cautious about the good grain prices due to the high cost of fuel and fertilizer. KW
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