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A New Year is just around the corner and it brings fresh microgreens and lotsa eggs! I've been reading new farm books, watching webinars and trainings, and working more on the planting plan for this new year. All while tending the microgreens, collecting eggs and cleaning duck huts. And all the fresh goodies will be back for pick up this Friday! There are also a few more Yard Sale items added as I find more stuff hiding in corners. Winter is a great time for clearing house so that deep spring cleaning can go a lot easier! The hens and Hella got a few holiday gifts and a fresh layer of snow makes me happy!  Newly painted rainbow stairs is a great way to welcome the New Year. They were worn with chipped paint. They are still worn but they got some fresh, cheerful paint full of whimsy!  Hella napped in the clothespin basket atop all the super soft and comfy wooden clothespins.  The hens got a special gift for the season of rainbow xylophones! Can the hens keep a beat? We'll find out!  One for each main flock so no hen feels left out. 2021 is the time for no mo FOMO!  A vision of loveliness. I can't wait for seas of grass as well as seas of tiny greens!  Hella, the farm's resident gargoyle, getting into position! (and scattering the hens in the process) Yet again I found some other items that were tucked away for a rainy day and they've been added to the online store as part of the Yard Sale. What's available this week?
Where to find it all?
I'll be at Libby this Friday from 12-1230pm! I'll be at Troy this Friday from 1-130pm!
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It's time for a change, as the sun (slowly) returns! The more you farm or do anything that relies upon the seasons or weather, you become less and less aware of the human holidays (and marking of the days) and more and more aware of when the seasons shift, the subtle change of light, the smell in the air, the brightness of the moon and how they affect the plants and animals around you. Thus it is that Solstice, the marker of when sunlight (the rocket fuel for plant growth) returns and day length increases, feels like a more important celebration than anything else and all the other celebrations of the season just add to the merriment! (Also with Amazon and online shopping, Santa can deliver presents any and every day of the year!) There is no Pop Up / Drop Off this week as that is Christmas Day! So I may not get a holiday from feeding hens or collecting eggs, but I do get a break from wintertime driving and errand running! All the Hens, Hella, and Me wish you all a Safe and Happy Holiday Season!  Most of the past week was warm and wet which melted most of the little bit of snowpack and gave the hens the chance to roam in the mud and the rain! All the rain and thawing soil meant it was best for me to stay inside and get more cabin painting projects wrapped up! Now all the window frames are painted and protected from all those plants that fill them up!  The quickly thawing soil meant for muddy runs which got some fresh straw added to it to keep their toes toasty!  The receding snow gave me a chance to check on the perennials that dot the farm and it's amazing that anything keeps going through winter instead of dying back completely, but some do like this Wormwood!  Just as the hens were getting used to their daily free-time, the snow returned with a bang as a windstorm preceded it and shook the valley! But at least there is snow! The hens may not like ti but I do!!!  The heavy winds left a few minor casualties. Many some torn plastic on the runs that I patched up and secured back down and a few broken boards where knots left weak points for the wind to exploit. They'll be patched up lickity split!  Hella ended her self-imposed indoor lockdown (she don't like when it's wet and muddy) to come out into the snow and catch a shrew! She never eats them (they aren't very big or tasty) and also rarely kills them as it takes a lot to accomplish that, but has a 'catch and release' policy with them and they usually escape into a tiny spot she can't get into. They truly are shrewd shrews! What's available this week?Nothing! but it'll all be back for next Friday, 1/1/21!!!
There will be no delivery next week, so if you need eggs, microgreens, wreaths, or yard sale items, you'll wanna get them now! Me and the farm goodies will be back the following week, so you won't have to wait too long and the Yard Sale items will stay online and available until spring! Another wintery week with a little new snow, means working on website updates, seed and planting plans, and more house projects. The hens keep laying, the Earth keeps turning, and each day brings us one day closer to spring!  A cat between the humidifier and the wood stove in a sunny windowsill is a happy cat!  More painting?! Yep, this time worn out windowsills get a fresh coat of a deep green to cover the damage from previous plants and their wet pots and lots of kitty claws while also protecting from current plants and their wet pots and kitty claws.  Oh, to be able to get clean by getting dirty! These dust baths will need a refill pretty soon at this rate! A thick dusting of fluffy snow is just enough for all the tiny paw prints to appear. It's amazing to see all the little super highways with their entrances and exits. So many more goodies are online in the virtual yard sale! More kitchenware, utensils, vintage silver-plated trays & spoons, vintage porcelain, wrapping paper, a few vacuums, and LEGO. This Friday is my last drop off before Christmas, so you gotta get it now if you need it!  Everyone loves microgreens! Even if the sweetest bits go to us, the leftovers get enjoyed by the rest of the farm family!  Spending the better part of most days doing computer work, means I need to get outside and stretch. A quick hike up a steep wintery trail is as good as it gets! What's available this week?
Where to find it all?
I'll be at Libby this Friday from 12-1230pm! I'll be at Troy this Friday from 1-130pm! A full attic to go through, wash up, organize, photograph, and load online! That was the main project this week along with beginning a few more painting projects (it seems never ending right?) Now my once tidy living room is filled with items all lined up and waiting for new homes! I did make some time to get outside and enjoy the sunshine and crisp air, but now it's time to reorganize the stuff that stays in the attic and organize them into (temporary) boxes in the living room before Hella crashes into them all when she gets the zoomies! Hopefully there is some snow on the way so I can get my xc skis back in action and work on setlling in some trails around the field (too bad I don't have any good places for a few slopes or jumps!) For now I've been spending time in the sun with Hella and the Hens, who are finally laying more than 1-2 eggs a day! Look for a few more egg cartons in the store each week (even as the Ducks slow down for a winter sabbatical). There are also the microgreens, of course, and once all the yard sale items are cataloged, I get to start in on some more wintertime dried flower goodies and fiber crafts!  The Hen Squad is on the loose! Worms beware!  'What did I step in!?'  On a 10F morning, why not put your feet in your heated food bowl for a little warm up! Hens are some of the messiest creatures around, until you meet ducks! The online store has the first big batch of yard sale items! It's full of mugs, glasses, bowls, bakeware, tea pots, and some vintage goodies. There is a bit more to add, but snag what you want now!  Hella in one of her fav perches, which is even higher then the hens can get!  So regal, so statuesque! What's available this week?
Where to find it all?
I'll be at Libby this Friday from 12-1230pm! I'll be at Troy this Friday from 1-130pm! The tidying and painting inside continues as does the outside winter chore of cleaning the huts and runs (which is usually done in summer by moving them to fresh grass)! The winter farm conference season starts up with lots of webinars and videos. It will give me a lot to ponder as I work on my crop planning this month. And the sun is shining for awhile which is a good excuse to get outside and soak up some rays, even if it means just wandering the field and forests! I do have outside projects to work on but sometimes you don't wanna stand on cold concrete, holding cold metal tools, especially when your feet wanna move! This week there is the usual microgreens, eggs, and wreaths. The new addition to the website that I am working on is a virtual yard sale of sorts (it is much easier for me to do one in winter than in summer). As I've been tidying the cabin, I re-discover lots of goodies (mainly various mugs, home baking equipment, and some fancy glassware) that I don't need anymore and should find homes that can appreciate them. Look for them next week!  The sunshine makes a nice workspace to get a bit done on the high tunnel! Extra framing should help it withstand the regular 30mph winds and also help me sleep easy while those winds whip through the valley!  The colorful, rainbow lights can go up! I would keep them up all year long, like the clear lights are, but in summer the hummingbirds think they are pretty flowers and Hella kitty gets much too close to them for my liking!  The ducks get a clean huts filled with warm, dry straw and the compost pile gets a cartload full of duck manure and wet frozen straw! Win-Win!!!  Whenever I clean their hut, the ducks gather around the water cooler to share gossip and complain about their landlord. The upstairs office/studio got a couple coats of paint on the ceiling, walls, and floor! It was rough wood with lots of pen marks and notes to peoples past and unfinished drywall with holes, scratches, and water stains. Now its is fresh, clean, and bright! A perfect spot to tackle all the sewing, crocheting, seed saving, wreath making, crop planning, website updating, weaving, writing, labeling, and, sooner rather than later, tax prepping that fills my winter hours.  Sunshine also means the hens get a chance to roam and they take the opportunity to find the last yummy morsels!  Whenever I come over to a group of hens, they all stop and stare. I think they are plotting something! or expecting a treat...  Some time spent wandering the woods around my field yielded this wonderful tiny stream bounded by thick clumps of Alders and a bank of Mosses with a Deer trail making use of a gap in the thickets.  Hella, like most kitties, has her own way of telling me to get off the computer, no matter how important the work is, and to instead play with her, feed her, or put more wood on the fire because her butt is cold and the computer is a good place to warm it up! What's available this week?
Where to find it all?
I'll be at Libby this Friday from 12-1230pm! I'll be at Troy this Friday from 1-130pm! |
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