This Really is Spring Weather

Hard to believe those were blossoms just a few weeks ago. You can see the little nut lets peaking out. If you look back over my posts of the last few weeks you can see how fast things go from dormant to full throttle. The trees are leafing our quickly.

The weather this week has been nice. You wouldn't know that today. It started raining last night. A full winter storm has settled in. We have gotten an inch of rain out on the Westside. 

On the farm this week we got fertilizer on the trees before the rain hit. We got the young trees watered again. That's less important now that we have had this weekend's rain. We did finish cultivating cotton beds. The seed is ordered and on the way. We''' be planting cotton soon---weather permitting.

 I used to get all twisted up trying to figure out if it was going to rain or not. How does that change the work we do, anticipating all the scenarios. Rain, not rain. Do we do this or do that. It can drive you crazy. I was talking with one of my old neighbors and he just chuckled and said, "Farm like it ain't gonna rain." That makes sense. Work until you have to stop. Let it dry off and get going again. We really don't get that much rain any ways. The forecasts are wrong half the time anyways. Look at this week, this is the first real rain we have gotten out of the last three storms that were forecast.

   So, we are shut down for the weekend. That's not all bad. The forecast for Monday is good. We've got weeds to kill and wheat to fertilize. So, there will be plenty to do when things dry out.

I hope Y'all have a great weekend.

P