Field and Garden: October snow slows county corn harvest

What a change of weather Foster County experienced from the beginning to the end of October.

We started the month with a near record high of 89 degrees on Oct. 1, and temperatures remained warmer than normal for most of the next three weeks.

Everything changed when a weather system arrived on Oct. 24, bringing snow and cold to our area. The Carrington REC received 11 inches of snow, and the mercur...