Uploading photos from my camera today, I noticed the color theme was overwhelmingly gray, which seems to be oftentimes what February is like in these years of climate change. I hear tell that this part of Maine used to be white clear into April, but not so in the few short years since I landed here. We go on trying to check things off our lists and look forward to forecasts of snow (a meager 1-3 inches are due here in the next 24 hours).
With March just around the corner, we are getting our seedling greenhouse set up in order to start thousands of leeks, onions and shallots. Ada’s here with me as I type, and has been an amazing young person to be around–she turned two and a half yesterday and I could brag on her endlessly. But really, you should just come visit us and see for yourself. I think that, all in all, we’re gearing up for an exciting, productive, and thoughtful year of growing both in our farm enterprise and in our whole-farm picture. We’re hiring someone to help us plan a layout for many of the possible future infrastructure components on the farm, and we’re dedicating more of our resources towards soil and forest improvement.
Here are a few photos from around the farm:
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| Seth next to the 4-ton capacity grain bin |
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| Aged Brussels sprouts standing strong, but not that palatable, in the field |
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| The nursery trees, dormant and waiting for another summer of grafting and growing. |
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| Farm equipment also lies dormant at all scales |
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| A glimpse of spring arrived from North Carolina by post! |
