We went from snow to a huge wind/dust/flying dirt storm

  50 mile per hour winds beat us up all day Monday and into Monday night with a bitter cold front right behind it. 

 41* today.

 Still the onion farmers have their seeds in the ground and a call has been made on the ditch for water so planting has gotten started.

 Those that are still behind because of too much mud will have to put onion sets in the ground instead of seeds.  Sets are very labor intensive, having to be planted all by hand, but it still gives them a crop.

 The early sweet corn guys are just about ready to plant, just waiting for the canals to fill.  Most sweet corn farmers water first and then plant.  Sweet corn is not frost tolerant.  The watering first allows the season to move a little more closer to steady warm weather. 

 We are at a standstill.  Terry likes to have the corn in and its little heads poking up by the second week in May.  He also likes to water first and then plant, but if he has to he will plant and then water the corn up.  The second way produces lots more weeds, but it will also protect the baby plants.

 Think Spring…

 Linda