My hairdresser is thinking about farming. She asked me which season is harder, summer or winter? Summer is definitely harder. As soon as the warm weather hits, the pressure is on to start seeds, get the garden planted, fix the fence lines, set up the pasture rotation, move the cows onto grass and get the [...]
Easter weekend – another exquisite spring day on the farm, high holy days for the Semitic religions, and peak egg season. I’m forever thankful to the Easter Bunny for giving this holiday a story that isn’t about persecution and death. To celebrate I bought a flat of pansies. It’s a waning moon, so this afternoon [...]
I saw my reflection in the soil today as I was planting peas and I hardly recognized myself. Poking the first seeds of the season into the garden brings up memories of seasons past. I used to wear red nail polish and panty hose. Now may hands are too rough to decorate and pantyhose don’t [...]
Last fall I built a cold frame from old stockade doors I found in the barn. I screwed eye bolts into the ends of the doors and laced them together to create a deep box on a southwestern facing slope. I put about a foot of composted cow manure in the bottom of the box [...]
The weather is fabulous and a little spooky. It has been in the 40′s and 50′s for a couple weeks. All the snow on the farm has melted and the grass is greening. Today it hit 60, and it is expected to hit 60 again for the next few days. My alliums, garlic, rhubarb, day [...]