07 Jan Wed 2015
Nearly done
We have all our book work done for taxes, seeds are ordered, and the field work is done--all before the first major snow fall that is happening today.
Our biggest problem for years and looks like for all our days of farming will be labor--workers are not readily available. O', there are those that call and some even come out but they never stay--work a few days then never heard from again. Each year the farm goes more mechanical.
Sugaring will be the next big thing we do around here, that will start some time in the end of February. Tapping trees, nearly all are maples, a few were not sure of. Lugging buckets of sap to the holding tank and then going to the cooker to boil the stuff down. A lot of work but well worth the effort--holing full buckets around will make a person sweat in cold weather,go figure.
God bless