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A dusting above Lincoln overnight.

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Got 6.5 tenths last night.

Not done seeding.........150 or 350 to go....have not decided.


Cat mechanic came back out and we worked on the older Challenger yesterday. Still wont start.

For some reason, it will start on ether.

So I go out and pull the disc for a few hours to see how it is going to run. I saw I had three broken u bolts so I stopped, set the parking brake and got out to check.

Yep. Three broken u bolts and a bent gang shaft. Frog Snacks!

Well, time to head to the pickup. I get it and forget the park break.....and kill the motor.

Wont re start, no ether with me.

1.5 miles to pickup through soft assed worked ground or tall, tangled grass. 95 degrees and a wind.

At least there was a rain last night.

6 tenths for May and 8.5 tenths so far in June.

Wow, you guys in Mt. are still getting it... Nice pics Sam...

Dry as a popcorn fart here. No relief in sight yet.

Have the rain turtle made.

We have gotten 6.2 inches in the last 10 days. But 4 is those inches came in about 2 hours. So an unbelievable amount ran off. Am trying to roll right now but it’s sticky yet.

Thats crazy!

We are sitting at 1.4 or so for the year!

Huge weight been lifted for us.

I have never seen 4 inches in two hours.


That would drown a fish.

Getting the second snow of june here high in the Madison range. Looking forward to not being on fire for most of the summer..

Yep Jim our drought has been lifted for the year.1 inch if you stretch it.

The only thing green is under the water system.

My barley field is really feeling it. Not sure how many acres will be completely lost but quite a few

It was 2 inches in an hour. Two different times in a week is what it was. Happy you caught those rains Jim. Makes a man feel so much better

Might surprise you?

Grasses seem to tolerate drowning better than alfalfa.

My father in law gets about 36 inches of rain where he lives in New Zealand.

He has a hard time understanding what a drought means to us.

We average 10-12 inches of precip per year.

The species of grass and such up here are adapted to the low moisture, but when you are dealing with such low numbers, its hard for people to understand that missing that one inch of rain can be devastating.

Jim, your wife is from New Zealand?

Yes. South Island.

That's pretty cool!

How in the world did y'all meet?

She got an accent?

Her accent kind of washes out....until her dad comes to visit. I cant understand either one.

New Zealanders dont make eye contact, and talk fast.


She came up here in aught 3 on an Ag Exchange....to work on a potato farm.

We met in the local restaurant.


Couple years later she came back and we got married. That was the BEGINNING of our headache with Immigration.


Dont let anyone tell you that getting married is all it takes!



Coming up on 13 years of marriage and three little kids.

Hell of a hard worker, conservative as the day is long. I am pretty lucky.

Rained out.

Doing some spring cleaning...