And Now The Waiting

Every year around this time we farmers tend to get a bit nervous.  Not nervous, scared, mind you -- excited nervous -- the pent up all winter long kind of nervous.  You know what I mean.  We know spring is almost here.  We are busy preparing.  Working on equipment.  Ordering final supplies.  Uploading computer data. Arranging schedules.  Fitting in last minute meetings of importance.

Soon the dirt will fly.  In our shop we are busy modifying our anhydrous ammonia applicators to make them more accurate and just a bit more efficient.  We've gone over every bearing, every hose, every connection to make sure there are no problems -- nothing to slow us down.  Looking out the window of the shop I can see that the surface of the soil is drying off.  It's still too wet underneath but with a few days of warm, dry sunshine that too will change.

The hardest part sometimes is the waiting.  It's time to get dirty.