So damn dry

[SASKFARMER]

Yes, they say a wet November then cold in Jan, and warm in Feb and March.

Drew isn't out yet with the winter forecast.

I am hoping we get a dump in early October then it melts in first nation summer and then a wet November before freeze up.

Recharge could happen.

[bucket]

Yes, they say a wet November then cold in Jan, and warm in Feb and March.

Drew isn't out yet with the winter forecast.

I am hoping we get a dump in early October then it melts in first nation summer and then a wet November before freeze up.

Recharge could happen.

I need till mid October to finish. And a good frost. The hailed flax won't die with anything else.

[sumdumguy]

I like the “wet” word in November. Long ago, when we used to anhydrous, it always seemed to start to rain toward the end of October so we could barely finish the shank season. Haloween was usually a mucky, cold mess. Then freeze up soon after with lots of good moisture sealing her up. We can hope history starts repeating. 🍀🌧🌨❄️

[GALAXIE500]

There are water holes here that in my lifetime I only remember being dry after the 80s. They filled in '96 and up until now hadn't looked back.

MANY dugouts are dry. So far I haven't heard of any water wells, but it's certainly going to be challenging to keep even a garden alive if we're hauling water from 20 miles away.

Down here in SW SK , we are very well experienced with all of these conditions. That doesn't mean we enjoy it , however.

Drought has been on and off here for the last three years. A lot of crop is grown on reserve moisture, and when you don't have any , that's when the real drought kicks in. Like Les Henry said in his interview with Gormley a few months back, "beware of the other side of the average"

[SASKFARMER]

I worked the drought years for the Feds and Prov Ag departments back in the 80s and I can tell you this year wasn't close to 88. I don't know about 1961 that's my father's stories and back in the 30s my grand fathers. Droughts have been around as long as the earth has turned. In 1988 we still had a crop at the farm similar in 1963 but only in the low areas. Some laughed at me when I cursed the flood years as lots of you made out like bandits. The floods lasted almost 15 years can you survive.