After a long winter, green leaves are a miracle. In fact, green of any kind after a winter of any kind, feels like a miracle. Like a deep, cleansing breath. Hope actually does grow on trees. At least in the months of spring. The contrast of the nesting, burrowing, make-do […]
We are settling into a new routine here on the farm. One that is full of work. While the weather may have decided to shift back to winter, the preparations for spring are beginning. Winter rest is over. It’s the morning after our first night with the latest crops of […]
Yesterday’s weather being of the sunny, mid-50s variety gave me hope. Spring must really be coming! In honor of the good weather, we worked the entire day cleaning up the much-ignored chicken house.We scooped manure and I dusted the walls and ceilings. Matt built a pond in the chicken yard […]
We woke up to below-zero temperatures. Everything and every being outside was/is frozen. There’s not much we can do about it since we can’t control the weather with a thermostat. All we can do is cope. Adapt. And wait until it (the always-changing weather) changes. Because it will. This too […]
