Do we need the rain? This year we happen to be in a drought with below average precipitation since last July. We need the rain, though it may spoil your plans for a bike ride, beach visit, or dirty the car you just washed. It will rain or not, whether or not you want it… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Rain
From the Suburban Farm: 5/24
5/24 I’m about a month and a half into my first season working on an organic farm in one of Chicago’s well-heeled western suburbs. For a while, it seemed as if the sky was falling. For a week it seemed like it rained straight through, keeping us out of the fields. The tomatoes and leeks… Read more »
From the Suburban Farm: 6/20
6/20 My boss has frequently cited an inch of rain a week as a rough ideal for a vegetable farm. This past Thursday, we’d gotten six inches in the previous six days. The small prairie stream half a mile from our farm had flooded, hard, bright orange caution tape fencing off all paddling put-ins. Riding… Read more »
From the Suburban Farm: 7/1 & 7/4
7/1 Thank God, it’s July now. The month of June brought us blessings; it brought us two new employees that have been wonderful matches with the crew. Mostly, though, the month of July brought rain. At one point we got 5 inches in 5 days. We learned, though, that it could always be worse, when… Read more »
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