Batten Down the Hatches! It looks like we're in for a big storm tonight and tomorrow. Schools have planned an early release and my off farm job called to let me know not to come in to work tonight! Hurray! Snow day!

So what shall I do with my new found freedom? Plan for the spring of course! It's the next best thing to cozying up to a fire. Seed packets have started to arrive already. I file through them and picture what they will look like in a few short months. I'll even be planting some at the end of this month. Yikes!

 Today's goal is to plot out where each crop is going to go on my farm map. It's a lot like putting a puzzle together. I have to keep my crop rotation in mind as well as which fields stay wetter, longer into the spring. For example, my onions are one of the first crops I plant in the fields, so I need to put them in a field that dries out quickly. The tomatoes don't go in until the end of May, so they can go in a field that stays wet a little longer.

Farming is a lot like one big logic puzzle. It definitely keeps you on your toes. Stay warm everybody! I've got my candles ready, have you?