It's drying out quickly here, another few days of this and the 2 small creeks here will stop running, which is odd for this time of year. Gnats and black flies are out early, though not as bad as wet years, they hate the sun, so early morning, shaded areas and late evening is when they're a real problem.
The field work has been going on for at least 2 weeks now, will continue into mid to late May, it's good to see the fields planted early, darned geese won't have their young out feeding when the corn is still a sprout. I'm going to be all over em this year with a fresh patch of clover adjacent to the 7 acres of what is usually corn. 12 ga and some cheap shells to make noise and scare em off, will have to try old firecrackers first, hate wasting ammo for this, the DEC process to get rid of them looks lengthy, they do a lot of damage. I know the local agent too, she bands and counts the geese in our big pond, might not like to hear about the crop damage, plus everyone likes to view them, don't realize what a pest they can be.
My neighbor the farmer, used a brillion cultipacker with a small and large roller on the soil in that field yesterday, I'm wondering if he's firming up the soil because it's so dry or he's going to plant hay or something, all the rocks seem to be buried too, he's been doing hay on existing fields, but said corn did well last fall. He left the cultipacker down there too, as if he is going to pack it again, might have to see what's up.
I saw the proposed development behind us being approved, were going to lose 215 acres of beautiful cropland, gonna have to take photos of it. It's an awful feeling knowing what is going to happen to the land, new housing and the occupants will be mostly college age and up, middle eastern foreigners attending a nearby, and highly regarded engineering school where we educate them and send them back to use it against us. They already occupy most apartment complexes nearby, this will be an upgrade, it's almost treason what these already wealthy developers do, I'll haunt the place when I'm gone ;) !
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