25 Jan Sun 2009
Spring Time on the Farm
Once again snow blankets the valley. Our warming sun is hidden in a dense fog sending our thoughts and desires into sleepy mode. The birds search for tidbits of seeds forgotten while the buds on trees remain tight to the branches.
Down in the basement of the ol' farm house in front of the fireplace, catalogs are spread accross the floor. Lists of choices are being made for tasty vegetable seed and sets. The almanac has been read from cover to cover 10x, in fact pages are torn out and pasted to the cork board. The calandar on the wall has plowing & planting dates picked, some same from last year some new dates just because. You must not mix up the piles, no need to vaccum till planting is done!
One such planting date remains true "Good Friday". Time to plant potatoes, peas and beans. Don't know why just has been that way in our family for decades. Yes here on the farm every early spring starts the same. Snow on ground, lots of fog and sittin by the warm fire with the piles of seed catalogs. It truely is a great way of beating the fog blues, all those tasty colorful veggies and brillant blooming flowers!
We have decided that all folks need a couple of new Vitamins in January... Vitamin F and V. One dose a day keeps the blues away!