A Crazy Weather Week

     What I wanted to show you is how fast the trees leafed out. Do you remember when I said they would go from being dormant, to bloom, to leafing out in one month? Well, here it is. If you look carefully you can see the nuts come out of the middle of the blooms. And, how about those leaves?

And, now for the rest of the story...
     The top picture was taken before lunch on Monday. This picture was taken Monday afternoon about 5:30. We had received an inch and a half of rain on Sunday. Monday was nicer, until we got half an inch of hail and rain in about fifteen minutes. We had a TV crew from the Univision station in the driveway to do a report on the weather and how it was affecting farmers. They couldn't believe their eyes when the hail hit.
     I didn't want to believe my eyes. For those who want to ask- I have no idea how much damage the hail caused. We may never know. In a good science experiment you have a control. The whole orchard got hit with hail so there is no way of knowing what we lost. Fortunately this is the only field we buy extra insurance to cover. That may have been a good decision.

Other than that we have been doing the same things y'all have been doing this week. Trying to get some work done and stay dry. The wheat loves this weather. We got some fertilizer on last week and this rain has been working it in. The cotton beds are soaked. It will take at least a week to get them dried out enough to work them. So, even if it stops raining it will be two weeks before we can plant. That will give the chance for the ground to warm up.

The weatherman says Spring will come to our farm next week. We'll drain the fields that have been flooded and get back to work.

I hope y'all have a great weekend.

P