It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ~Charles Dickens
This quote nicely sums up the weather today. In the last 2 weeks, the snow has shrunk dramatically and we are almost out of the worst of it now. Weather forecast says there may me a couple more minor snow storms on the way, but nothing much to get exercised about.
Since my last posting, I have come to the realization that maybe this weather here isn’t quite so bad after all. Sure you have to shovel it. The morning after a bad storm, the sun is usually shining and the roads are cleared early. Life looks not too bad in the sun.
Now, we are starting to see open ground, for the first time since the floods of December 13 and 15. 3 months of snow…
We have taps on some maple (I hope they are maple) trees in our bush. Two of the taps are actually producing some sap. We just have to see which are the best trees for the purpose, mark them for next season, and look out Aunt Jemima, no more maple-flavoured syrup from you! I think we will even plant a handful of real Sugar Maple (Acer saccharinum) trees on the place so eventually they can be tapped when they are big enough. Either by ourselves or by others after us here.
We are making active plans for gardens, vegetable, herb and other, for the upcoming summer season. Our hens made it through the winter. Right now, two are laying, the others are taking a winter break. Don’t blame them, they need to conserve resources to live in that cold. We have ordered more birds for later in the Spring.
We’ll be building a barn and a garage to get things stored **inside** next winter so we can find them. and where they hopefully don’t freeze solid to the ground.
Yep, things are looking up! Working one day a week at Kingsbrae right now, may be working a couple of days more at the Plant Center there in April, and then 3 days a week in the garden, and 2 days a week in the Plant Center (Garden Center).
Life’s getting better all the time! Now to file my last year’s Income Tax. With the move and all, it isn’t as simple and straight-forward.
