Sometimes Mother Nature is your friend...

The early spring allowed us to get caught up on all the fieldwork from last fall that couldn't get done because it was so dry. Everything is running about two weeks ahead because the weather has been just wonderful lately-hot and humid for the corn, rains almost always when we needed them, dry heat for drying down the small grains, and just enough of a cool spell in between for me to stop complaining about the heat. Also it stayed dry enough for all the small grains to be combined. I hope it holds out. There's still plenty to be done before we can call Harvest Time complete. There's corn to harvest, sunflowers/beans/clover seed/buckwheat to combine, and (got my fingers crossed) our house to move. Yes, it's been decided our house renovation project MAY start in the next few weeks. We have a floor plan L and I can both live with, he called to get our utility lines marked out so we can start digging the basement, and I've already got a good start on boxing up the non-essentials so they can be put in temporary storage. It's starting to feel like this is really going to happen. But just like with the crops, there's still plenty of time for something to derail those plans. The biggest thing is the weather. If it's raining, the crop work can't get done but you can't dig a basement on a rainy day either. So, Mother Nature, please stay happy.