As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on this Easter Sunday, we are also watching the Des Lacs River closely as it continues to rise and begin to threaten homes on its 50-mile journey from the Canadian border to its confluence with the Souris River near Minot.

As I tore lumber off the farmhouse yesterday, I could just see the river rising. In fact it went up about 3 feet and continued to rise overnight. 

There is an old river channel in our back yard that is now nearly full but because we sandbagged last weekend, we should be in decent shape should the river come up even more than it has. We're actually expecting the crest sometime Monday or Tuesday.

But life goes on. Fortunately for Carpio, the river has a long way to rise before it spills over the banks. North Star Farms is OK, I think. My horseradish patch went under water sometime overnight, but the rest of the field is at least 2 feet from the water. 

I'm not worried about the garlic either, in the event that becomes submerged. There is roughly a 2-inch root system on it so it isn't going to float away, unless of course, huge ice chunks would gouge the soil. The bigger worry is standing water. 

The garlic is now coming out of dormancy and if it can't get oxygen, that could be an issue. But I doubt the water level will get to that point. 

We'll just keep an eye on the river today and see what happens. The usually peaceful Des Lacs River is stirring up some trouble this weekend. In French, the Des Lacs River is (the river of lakes) It's certainly become a lake today.