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Is it Spring or Winter?

April 16, 2014 By Sara

Gotta love Iowa weather!  Last Saturday I got a (little) sunburn on my arms while I was working outside cleaning up my flowerbeds and garden.  It was at least 75 degrees and mostly cloudy with a nice breeze.  Perfect weather to work in the yard!
I had some great help that day.  AJ helped me in the front and HD helped me in the garden!  
Before and After
Doesn’t look much better in this picture, but it sure does in person!

Then that evening a storm rolled through and it cooled off drastically!  By Sunday morning we had nice rain off and on all day and then Sunday night it turned into sleet, and then snow.  So Monday morning we woke up to this:

At least it’s some much needed moisture!  Although this time of the year we would prefer it as a nice rain, but I guess we’ll take whatever we can get!

Luckily before the rain and snow rolled in, we were able to get all the fertilizer applied to the fields that will have corn planted in them.  You can read my post about crop management that explains why we apply the fertilizer here.  So we should be ready to start planting as soon as it warms up.  Ideally we would like the soil temperature to be at least 50 degrees before we start, but last I heard it was still in the lower 40s and that was before the snow.  So hopefully in the next week or two we’ll be seeing planters rolling across the fields in our area!

Hope you’re having a great week!  What’s the weather been like in your area?

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4 Comments · Filed Under: Agriculture, Family Farms · Tagged With: AJ, Farm, Farm Kids, Farms, Garden, HD, Planting

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  1. Kim Buddington says

    April 18, 2014 at 12:31 am

    Sounds a lot like our weather in MA. We woke up to a dusting of snow the other morning too. Our goats were not very happy about that. Spring, come back!! :p

    Reply
    • Sara's House HD says

      April 28, 2014 at 4:22 pm

      I want to think that Spring is here now, but then I look at the forecast and see there’s a chance of rain/snow mix on Wednesday this week! We just got 2.3″ of rain yesterday, so that will keep the farmers out of the fields for awhile! Hope your weather is getting better!

      Reply
  2. marisa says

    April 25, 2014 at 5:06 pm

    I was definitely not happy about the snow that came through last week! But I was happy to see my father-in-law out in the planter the other day. Winter has to end sometime!
    By the way, I just started following you and a few other farming blogs. I moved to Iowa from Arkansas with my husband (who is an Iowa native) and I am VERY new to this whole farm-wife thing! We will be slowly taking over the operation of his family’s small farm here in northwestern Iowa.
    So, long story short, nice to meet you!

    Reply
    • Sara's House HD says

      April 28, 2014 at 4:23 pm

      Marisa-nice to meet you too! I was new to this whole farm-thing 8 years ago. It’s crazy how fast you (have to) catch on! 🙂

      Reply

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