Realy, who neads the weather man??

[furrowtickler]

Tonight is the new moon - risk of frost and change in weather afterwords.
We need to hire three people
1 Indian Elder - experience
2 Pig farmer - pig spleens?
3 Whatever they call the nerds who watch space stuff - for the biggest reasons, Sunspot activity and moonstuff.
Western Alberta looks cold tonight!!

[parsley]

My potatoes had a meeting this afternoon to vote on when they will bloom. Not one of them said anything about frost in this area. Pars

[furrowtickler]

Talk to them Sunday morn.

[mcfarms]

Parsley
Its not when you talk to your plants that your considered ummm eccentric/ its when they start answering you back.

[checking]

Can't be farm potatoes, no two of them would have voted the same way! Happy that there were no eye votes, Parsley?

For the rest of the posters, it's fairly important that you not try farming within the artic circle. Move to the real southeast Sk. where frost and floods are a rarity.

[furrowtickler]

Checking, make sure you bake yourself a cake with a candle that says "I'm number 1, yea me." Problem is you will have to eat it yourself.

[checking]

"Problem", furrowtickler. At least it's not incessant whining.

[furrowtickler]

Just stating facts as I see them, and not bragging while others are going to be in huge financial trouble, and are under tremendous stress. We were furtunate to get done seeding before the end of may and 1/2 done spraying up to this point here in the "far north". Crops have been nipped by frost/bugs a few times which is norm in may but not June. Overall our crop is great here, but not far away, 10 miles south, west and actualy east of us it has been a battle royal with mother nature. The pockets of good crop at this point is dwarfed by the millions of acres in trouble - thats what I and many others see. Good luck to you, give yourself a big pat on the back.

[ajl]

The pig spleen reader passed away a few years ago so that skill is now a lost art. Too bad since environment Canada could fire some global warmers and get some spleen readers instead and improve forecast accuracy.

[checking]

I'll add on to my offending comment, furrowtickler... "about the size of the piece of cake you are entitled to". Give yourself a big hug, while I look for a spleen examining, nerdy Indian.

[parsley]

Bit grumpy on AV coffee row this morning, aren't we, but it's no wonder; the weather is unforgiving, the CWB is particularly trying in trying times; and interest rates look foreboding.

The good news is pastures are lush; jobs are plenty; cattle in BC came through testing with flying colors; and there are is going to be saskatoons.

And we're having AV coffee together. LOL

They were all aye votes checking. My potatoes are a smart looking bunch. You ought to talk to your crops, after all most farmers check them daily, and they can teach you a thing or two.

Mc, you were wise to learn to humor me seeingst I'm big and mean and ugly. lol btw, You didn't answer my question, yet: "Is that your bird?" Pars

[parsley]

Here's some smiley news: I'm grandmamma to twin boys: 6lbs 11oz and 7lbs 1oz.
Healthy as can be. Pars

[mcfarms]

Pars
Re'; the bird, no I prefer my aerial exploits to be powered and driven by others who know what they are doing.

[Ron]

Congrats to the Gramma and good luck to the parents, I have 4 separate kids and cant imagine twins, wow the parents are going to have some stories to laugh about in the evenings. (and in central alberta the moisture has been welcomed, it was unusually dry this spring).
You lose way more money mudding in a crop than being dried out (you dont break equipment in a drought)

[checking]

Parsley.

First couple of years they will be soiled little brats. After that the pee will be added. (lol) Seriously, my grumpy best to all.

The lesson the plants teach is, "be well grounded, and whatever the climate, protect the head to cut the losses." I don't talk to my crops, except for a few acres of winter wheat that was seeded before my light, and the rain came on. It was a choice of sow, and have to work for a chanced breakeven, or chemfallow and know the cost that could be more than offset doing something else. Those are the positive facts. If you still want to chase me down a rabbit hole, furrowtickler, I'm waiting.