Out with the Old

It was a good, long, hard sugaring season but now it's April.  The wood frogs are out.  The snow is almost gone.  The grass is getting greener and the daffodils are about to bloom.  We're definitely due for one more snow storm.

Today we raked out old grass and dead wood left over from last year and detritus from the ice storm .  We began to saw up and chop the summer's supply of wood, so that we can get caught up enough to start storing it up for next winter. The tomatoes and peppers are stating to sprout in their little jiffy pots, and the asparagus and strawberry beds were given some attention.  It's spring again in New Hampshire.

We're all out, being industrious in the early spring, because we know in a few weeks the black flies will come out and make our lives hell.  But for now it seems all so easy.  So easy that we're blithely embarking on our new project; meat chickens.  Stay tuned.

tags: seasons changing