If your near farm fields check your PH level too, all the high nitrogen fertilzers they apply really drops the Ph-even in nearby land that isn't directly cropped. My father found this out last year. He's been liming to help get his garden back up in the 6.0-6.5, it was as low as 4.0 in some areas of his plot and even the weeds were not growing that well.

They've planted corn near us too, they like to push it early to get a better root depth before the high heat/dry summer months and also to not pollinate during those months-its all about the highest yield these days. Its scary how the hybrid/genitcally modified seed can germinate at such low temps.

My gardens are tilled waiting to go, its supposed to warm up tommorow with no rain I'm hoping to get some seeds in the ground too. I've only got lettuce in now.