Field and Garden: Rain boosts harvest hopes in parts of county

Rainfall amounts varied significantly across Foster County during August.

A series of weather systems brought as much as 1.5 inches of rain to parts of the county during the middle part of the month.

Other areas haven’t been as fortunate. McHenry, for example, reported just 0.3 inches of precipitation between Aug. 1 and 31. That’s just 13 percent of normal.

Rain showers slowed small grain harvest...