Field and Garden: Rain slows planting progress

“The worst planting conditions of my lifetime.”

That’s how one Foster County resident recently described the past two months.

“What about the spring of 2020?” I asked. “We had corn in the field until March, and wet conditions prevented the planting of nearly 40 percent of the cropland in Foster County.”

He thought for a moment and then responded, “I think this spring has been more difficult.”

This...