The warmer days of Spring are upon as as we say goodbye to March. The frogs are now in full chorus and the buds are leaping from their hard shells. The animals on the farm will eat their breakfast and lay in the warm sun as they wait for the green grass that is beginning to take over the pasture. Easter is but a few days away when the long eared fellow will make his rounds.
We will clean the sugarhouse this weekend and wait for next year to take another shot at making some more sweet maple syrup. The firewood pile in the basement has shrunk to nearly nothing, but April here, hooray.
I'll be breaking out the rototiller in a few days to have our first peas in by April 15th. We'll start some spinach and early lettuce very soon as well. The pepper seedling trays have been sprouting on top of the furnace and will be moving to the sunny corner of the kitchen in a day or two.
It seems that we have to sort of change gears to take on the tasks of each season. Always looking ahead, preparing now so we don't miss the opportunity to take best advantage of the short growing season.
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