[Ag-eq] Fwd: Hi all

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Tracy, that sounds like something Gene Logsden would say.  He is an old farmer
who has a blog called the contrary farmer that I like to read.  You might want
to check it out.

Nella
Quoting Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>:

> That sounds like a win-win to me.  If it stays wet, you get lovely rice,
> and, if it dries out, you get your garden back.  But probably it would stay
> just wet enough, and just dry enough, that you'd still get nothing.  The
> farmer's life.
> Tracy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jody W Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 2:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Fwd: Hi all
>
>
> > Hahaha if I planted rice the ground would dry out.
> >
> > JODY
> > "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!" Thomas Jefferson
> >
> > On Jul 29, 2013, at 11:41 AM, nfoster at extremezone.com wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Jody:
> >>
> >> 40 inches of rain would be 4 or 5 years worth here!  I believe our annual
> >> average is about 8 inches.
> >>
> >> Rice might be a good idea; is it grown in Florida?
> >>
> >> My poor dogs spend most of their day sleeping in the house.  They do play
> >> for a
> >> couple hours in the morning and then again in the evening.  They are
> >> older and
> >> can't take the extreme heat very well.
> >>
> >> Once it cools down a little I'll start working with Cruiser again.  I
> >> just can't
> >> get motivated in this heat and I'm sure he doesn't want to do anything
> >> either.
> >>
> >> Take care.
> >>
> >> Nella
> >>
> >>
> >> Quoting Jody W Ianuzzi <jody at thewhitehats.com>:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>> I haven’t written much because my computer died and I have been
> writing
> >>> messages on my phone which is a pain.  I just  set up an email address
> >>> on my
> >>> laptop and I am forwarding messages to my phone which is where my
> >>> address
> >>> book is.
> >>>>
> >>>> Florida once had an annual record breaking rainfall of 60 inches in a
> >>>> year.
> >>> Well, we have already had over 40 inches of rain.  Most of our five
> >>> acres
> >>> are a soggy swamp with the area around the barn the house and the front
> >>> yard
> >>> the only areas that are dry.  Thank heavens the house and barn are dry
> >>> which
> >>> is better then a lot of people.  My garden is under water and totally
> >>> ruined.
> >>> Just as we think things are drying out it starts to rain again.  The
> >>> horses
> >>> are spending most of their time on the dry areas but they will go in the
> >>> water for new grass.  The vet said as long as they have dry land they
> >>> will be
> >>> OK.  It is hot during the day and at night they horse around and chase
> >>> each
> >>> other around the front yard which is by our bedroom window.  They are
> >>> really
> >>> a riot some times.
> >>>>
> >>>> I was making progress with them before the rains started and I look
> >>>> forward
> >>> to working with them again.  Meanwhile they have gotten more
> >>> affectionate and
> >>> that might be because they stay so close to the house.
> >>>>
> >>>> Walker is doing fine.  His puppy yard is dry too and he doesn’t like
> >>>> the
> >>> heat so he is always with me.
> >>>>
> >>>> I sure am glad I am not depending on the garden for food.  Maybe I
> >>>> should
> >>> have planted rice!
> >>>>
> >>>>
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