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To: bgill

The amount of rain you get is important but the *timing* of it is just as important.
If corn gets plenty of rain *except* when it tassels, you still won’t have a great corn crop.
Each crop has its preference for when it most wants water so I make sure I water the garden throughout the season as I rarely plant full rows of anything these days.

When growing on a large scale if you don’t irrigate there is the occasional year when you can do everything else perfectly and still have a disappointing crop.
And there is the occasional year when you can do everything wrong and still have a surprisingly good crop.

My great uncle used to say that farming was Gods way of keeping man humble.
I believe it!


53 posted on 01/23/2016 12:44:35 PM PST by oldvirginian (American by birth, Southern by the grace of God and Virginian because Jesus loves me. CRUZ 2016!)
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To: oldvirginian

Farming is for wealthy people. They can afford to do it longer before they go broke.


54 posted on 01/24/2016 9:13:05 AM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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