Relative Something

Our fencing crew made a couple of discoveries yesterday. The first one wasn’t much of a surprise: the ground is still incredibly wet here. I found the second discovery rather enlightening.

One of the holes they drilled for a fence post, filled with water soon after. The noteworthy thing was, the way the hole filled with water. It was flowing in from just above the clay layer, not soaking in from the bottom up.

One of the reasons it is taking so long for the land to dry out here is, because the clay keeps it from soaking down. Water needs to flow through the topsoil, where there is a downhill grade, or evaporate up, from places where there is no out-flow.

Our patience is being tested, but we are just going to have to wait it out. We could sure use a few consecutive days of sun and wind. Yes, that would help, greatly. Unfortunately, what we have in store is more rain, and even some rain/snow mix. In May! It’s almost comical.

The fence crew was successful in driving about 20 more fence posts yesterday, despite the muddy mess. Now, they are on hold again for a number of days.

Luckily, Cyndie got some laundry done while it was still dry yesterday. The new clothesline is put to immediate use! At least one task has come to fruition in a timely manner.