The thermometer at our weather station hit -1 F in the wake of a snow storm that dumped eight inches on us this week.
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Winter arrived overnight. It’s not clear if she’s here for a visit or taking up residence until spring, but her presence is unmistakable.
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We got 3” of rain in this current storm, 8” for the month of October. School is closed today due to high winds and flooding, but so far our power is on and everything is as normal as it gets around here.
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This week Jane told me that she thinks I must be a very emotional person. She’s twelve. I thought preteen girls were supposed to have a corner on that particular market?
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First patchy frost this week, the earliest we have had in many years. It was a light one, and mostly beneficial.
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Did you feel the chill at dawn today? The ponds were hazed in mist and the dew was cold and thick on the grass. It’s the full harvest moon tonight.
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The winter squash plants were a lush green canopy just last week. Their spiny stems were full of life, the leaves dense and broad enough to shade out the weeds between the rows and keep the soil cool as night.
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There’s a fresh breeze blowing away the humidity that descended on us in the wake of some welcome rain. Before the rain, the last of the first cut hay came in.
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The last lambs of the season were born today, a pair of small-but-healthy twins to a yearling ewe. What a strong finish to a good season.
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Lambing is almost finished now. Only ten ewes to go. The rest of the flock went from the barn to pasture yesterday, the first rite of passage for new lambs.
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May 1st marks the midpoint between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. Gaelic people called it Beltane, a festival day to celebrate the arrival of the grazing season.
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We had snow and high winds this week, plus wild fluctuations in temperature. Peppers are up in the greenhouse, but no peepers calling from the pond just yet.
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The woolies are no longer wooly, but sleek. Their fleeces are tucked safely into the big tote bags. Their hooves are trimmed too, and they’ve had their annual vaccine.
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Super-fast note this week, sandwiched between sending a revised draft of my new book, Good Husbandry, to my editor, and racing to the bus stop to pick up the kids.
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