Homesteading: Welcoming the Spring

Time does pass and spring does arrive eventually. With more activity comes greater chance of injury. I broke my foot. Well, I didn't break it. Bad lighting and a nearly impossible to see sunken living room broke it. While I was writhing in pain, another person confessed that she, too, had stumbled in the same spot but was able to catch herself. Sunken living rooms are lawsuits waiting to happen!

Meanwhile, here on the homestead, we had nearly three feet of rain one week! My roads washed out, the bridges collapsed, and I was a refugee in my own home for 5 days. When I did get out, it was only due to the fact that I have 4-wheel drive in my vehicle. Here's a look at what the rain did to my cornfield!

Some of the corn washed away.

I'm not overly concerned though. Rain is not the big problem here in northwest Florida. Heat is the problem. The relentless summer heat and frequent drought are much more likely to cause crop failure than too much rain.

Yet signs of spring are everywhere here on the homestead.

The peach trees have fruit on them.

Baby chicks have hatched.

The proud papa, my rooster Chaunticleer, is strutting about as proud as any papa can be.

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