Wet July hasn’t fully alleviated drought
Modified: 7/23/2021 9:25:31 PM
LEBANON A series of short, intense storms this month have inundated the region, filling rivers with dangerous currents and dampening summer plans. Yet dry conditions persist, and groundwater levels are slow to recover.
Donald Womack was selling garlic from his Gilmanton, N.H.-based farm at the Lebanon Farmers Market on Thursday. He said that rain has muddied his soil and forced him to delay his harvest until his equipment can get into the field.
“Garlic can only take so much moisture into the bulb itself before it starts splitting apart at the top of the head, and that’s not something we want to happen,” Womack said.