A group of horses stand amid the sprinklers on a farm along Kitchen-Dick Road west of Sequim. A prolonged dry spell on the North Olympic Peninsula has prompted many farmers to turn to irrigation to keep their fields green. Only trace amounts of rain fell in Port Angeles in July, with no measurable rain in Sequim or Port Townsend. Forks recorded 0.35 inches of rain. (Keith Thorpe /Peninsula Daily News)

A group of horses stand amid the sprinklers on a farm along Kitchen-Dick Road west of Sequim. A prolonged dry spell on the North Olympic Peninsula has prompted many farmers to turn to irrigation to keep their fields green. Only trace amounts of rain fell in Port Angeles in July, with no measurable rain in Sequim or Port Townsend. Forks recorded 0.35 inches of rain. (Keith Thorpe /Peninsula Daily News)

Chillin’ on a summer’s day

A group of horses stand amid the sprinklers on a farm along Kitchen-Dick Road west of Sequim.

A prolonged dry spell on the North Olympic Peninsula has prompted many farmers to turn to irrigation to keep their fields green. Only trace amounts of rain fell in Port Angeles in July, with no measurable rain in Sequim or Port Townsend. Forks recorded 0.35 inches of rain.

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