On my recent week off, J and I picked back up on building planter boxes for our garden. We started with cutting reclaimed lumber on a day when we needed to stay dry in the shop. I was very helpfully shuttling the boards in the wheelbarrow… …and rolling it to the house to sort it by length. I know very…
0 commentsWinter’s end is a time for pruning everything back, but it’s also a time for research and discovery. As we trim our trees, bushes, and other plants, we have to carefully look up what trimmings can be fed to the herd. They are excited for every armful we sling over the fence, usually eating it, sometimes lounging on it like…
Network troubles suck. Four weeks of J endlessly troubleshooting, and we are finally back online. Mucho thanks to him for tackling such an aggravating but vital project. We got to kick back and enjoy existing in the studio for the first time in nearly a month, and the sun peeked out at the perfect moment.
There’s no question spring has arrived here on the farm. I counted fifteen robins at once in the pasture today, unbothered by the goats. And since we trimmed all the fruit trees (potentially for the first time in many, MANY years), they are now pushing growth like wild. With the sun and warmer air, I’m starting to harden off some…
When the sun is beaming through your living room window, that is not the time to ignore it. That is the time to lie in its glorious warmth, basking in the contentment of your existence.