DE PERE -- It's the soggiest September on record and it wasn't just September rain that caused issues.
Throughout the summer, northeast Wisconsin has seen many events canceled or postponed due to weather-related problems. For farmers, the weather has been a constant headache.
NBC 26 spoke with Ledgeview Gardens in De Pere earlier this year when they were struggling to plant crops because of the wet ground.
Darren Vollmar is the General Manager at Ledgeview Gardens. He says this is the time of year when they usually are prepping the fields for the spring. But with all the rain, Vollmar says that's probably not going to get done, which means they'll be scrambling next year.
"It's our livelihood. It's a huge problem,” said Vollmar. “Too much rain, I mean, I always say it's easier to put it down then put it up, water anyways. You know, once the rain hits, the only thing you can do is pump and you're not getting it out of the ground so when it’s too wet, it's too wet, you're done."
In terms of crops this year, he says some of their green beans and yellow beans rotted on the plant because of moisture, while water actually ate the skins off watermelons and muskmelons. Fortunately, they still have some crops like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins.
Vollmar says he's planning for a wet spring and wet fall again next year.
