The Tobacco Diaries

Week 2: Grow, Grow, Grow

The first several acres of tobacco are in the ground and growing strong.
We thought irrigation was going to be necessary during the first few days but God took care of that for us! I kind of dread irrigating because it means even later nights and earlier mornings. I was so happy when I awoke in the middle of the night to rain falling on the roof, I sat up in bed and announced that "It's raining!". To which my husband replied with a snore and a flop. It's the little things that make a farmers wife happy!

Because of the intensive labor that is required when harvesting tobacco and the volatile weather, several acres are set at different times. This allows time between harvests to take a little breather. Of course when you also are a row crop farmer, it's not a break just a change of scenery!
So, the second setting is complete and we await wheat harvest before the third and final setting is complete. The fun task of walking through the rows of tobacco with a hoe to pull dirt to the plants and get any weeds has now begun and will continue until the plant is big enough to shade out the weeds.

Until next time, God bless!

Week 2