8 inches of rain

Although nothing compared to the hurricane that hit Texas, the remnants of Ike blew through here as a tropical depression.

We got 8 inches of rain over the weekend and a few gusts of about 25 miles an hour. Farther downstate, however, they were hit by 75-mph gusts and no rain.

Here the ground was so dry that today, Tuesday, almost all the puddles are gone, creeks are down and DH plans to go out and mow hay.

It was probably too much too late for much of our corn and soybeans. Big sigh. We had hoped for a good year with the beans. All the corn will go to the cattle and poultry with little if any to sell as cash grain.

But with a diversified farm, if one venture goes sideways, maybe another one will pop up as a winner.