Waiting for Spring

Spring comes when it will, like it does every year. No amount of time I spent wishing it was now will work, besides there is so much more to get done!

Even if it arrived tomorrow, I wouldn't be ready. So I wait, knowing that I planned for it to arrive per it's usual plans. Seed sowing calendars were poured over in January so I wouldn't have to fret now. But I still have to fight the urge to plant all the seeds!
Luckily, I can fend off a little of that anxious excitement with sowing and enjoying the greenness of the microgreens. I am out of the sunflower shoots for awhile, and soon the peas, but seeds are on order and will hopefully be here soon!

Sometimes the anticipation for spring can almost be better than the actual season since spring for me means go, go, go!!!! 

Hella and I head to the barn, then back to the house, then back to the barn! It's time to get some work done while the sun shines

Fresh snow makes for quiet mornings...until the guineas get up!

A north-facing porch under a sun-warmed metal roof and cold nights makes for some of the most interesting icicles. These speak to the constancy of the force of gravity but the variability in our relation to it. Poetry becomes science becomes poetry.

The farm and I were awarded a Field Tested Grant From CFAC in Missoula for a host of farm tools to help make me a lean, mean plant growing machine! And the first purchase has arrived! A floral tool belt to hold snip, pruners, scissors, phone, pens, notepad, and whatever else I need while I plant, tend, or harvest. It's handmade by a small leather-working company in the US and I hope it will help stop me dropping my snips in the field all day!

Since it seems to be slush season for awhile (a season Hella hates!) The magical delivery people dropped off a bevy of new cat toys (like these swimming fishes!!!), so I can get some work done without a tiny paw tapping my leg to go out, or come back in, or go out, or...

What's available this week?

• Eggs!
  • dozen pasture-raised rainbow eggs
  • half dozen pasture-raised duck eggs 
• Flowers!
  • Dried Statice Bunches
  • Mixed Dried Bouquets
  • Everlasting Wreaths
  • Potpourri Bundles
  • Flower Crowns
• Veggies!
  • Microgreens
    • Spicy Mix: Radish & Arugula
      • Large 4oz
      • Small 1oz
    • Mild Mix: Broccoli, Mizuna, Ch. Cabbage, Kale
      • Large 4oz
      • Small 1oz
• • Shoots
    • Pea Shoots
      • 1 oz
  • Wheatgrass
    • 4 inch wide tray
• Crafts!
  • Treasure Bowls
  • Dragon Clips
• Botanicals!
  • Dragon's Balm
    • 0.25 oz
    • 1 oz
• Yard Sale!
  • Kitchenware
  • Dinnerware
  • Tea Pots
  • Vacuum
  • Utensils
  • Vintage Home Goods
  • LEGO
  • Playpen
  • Yarn
  • Scrap/Practice Fabric

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!