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<p>Sounds a lot like here, Farmer. Lots of rain and now it's
supposed to be in the mid-upper 90s with heat indexes at 100+. But
that's just Texas in July. <br>
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<p>The county came by and did their semi-annual mowing of the bar
ditches and did a fine job of tearing up the one in front of my
house. Left deep ruts all over because of all the rain. <br>
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<p>My fiancee' and I went to temple for the fireworks show Wed.
night and it was quite pleasant by 9:00. We sat on the lawn of an
elementary school and had a really enjoyable time. <br>
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<p>Friday and today it was so hot by 10 AM that I gave up the idea
of mowing the yard. I have needed to mow it something fierce, but
it looks like I will have to do it really early in the morning.
The other thing that I have put off is cutting the "volunteer"
hackberry trees. Those things seem to grow faster than the grass.
I also have some limbs on the huge oak next to the driveway that
need trimming because they are starting to drag on the roof of the
pickup when I park it in the carport. It just never seems to end.</p>
<p>Phil in TX<br>
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<div>Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain,
rain, rain... Then a short spate of decent weather and now
hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot. Not just hot but with
mega humuggity. Real 4 shirts a day hot and humid kind of
weather... Days where every time you come in you hang your hat
on the rack in front of the AC output so it will be dry for
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<div>Getting anything done here (just south-east of Indy) has
been a real battle. The barn that is my farm shop is usually
near impossible to heat but not too awful hot in the summer.
Not the case this summer. That and it is so terribly full of
stuff that I can barely move around in it. Not usually a big
problem since I tend to like working just outside of the shop
in the shade of a couple of trees. During all of that rain the
trees leaked badly. :-) What kind of trees you ask? Ash, of
course... this will be their last year thanks to the emerald
ash borers. :-(</div>
<div>I'm a little old to expect a tree I plant now to become a
big shade tree for me. I'm still planting trees of course, but
now I plant them for others that will follow. I may get one of
those free-standing steel carports for that spot at the shop
door. They are not a cooling tree but they are fast up and
they don't leak as bad as a tree. :-)</div>
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<div>Crops (mostly corn, soybeans, wheat and hay) are generally
looking decent in our area. Wheat is at harvest here now and
seems OK except where it has been standing water. I have seen
a fair amount of straw being baled. Lots of round bales of
hay last week but sadly quite a few I've seen near here are
off of old factory lots and there was a lot of trash in those
lots that got rolled into them.</div>
<div>About Thursday we were down south-east of here near
Cincinnati and we saw a "lot" of fields that were fresh tilled
and planted in the past few days. They are usually a week or
so ahead of us. Straight south of here we've seen a lot of
fields still standing water or at least 50% or better in
water. Here there has been a good bit of replanting being
done. <br>
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<div>Yesterday Diana came out to help me unload some light fence
panels (she worries about me in the heat) and she almost
passed out. I pace myself when conditions are bad, I learned
that after my bypass. She on the other hand always wants to
work like she is killing snakes... I usually make her sit down
often in the heat but I hadn't been watching her close enough.</div>
<div>It's been really close and hot this morning with the air
dead still and I have been working stop and start. 95 and
humid with no breeze gets tough on old people. I better get
back out now since a decent breeze has come up and it's
clouding up a little...</div>
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Francis Robinson<br>
aka "farmer"<br>
Central Indiana USA<br>
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