Many people think that winter is a time of rest for farmers. Although the season is usually less hectic than the other three seasons, farmers and full-time country women are still working.
Some may be repairing equipment, others cleaning out barns and sheds (or doing home repairs), but most are preparing for the season ahead.
Last week I was at the Farmers Wife to purchase hamburger. Mendy and Russ were hard at work making sturdier signs for their market stand.
My neighbors Face-booked that they are now parents to a litter of swine (their first experience of farm animals being born). Other neighbors have seeds in germination chambers, and still others are setting schedules and goals.
Of course, the Big Work these days is maple syrup making. The other day I got to hang out all afternoon with Sue and Bob Nelson, of Nelsontrails Maple Products. I'll be writing about them here on OCJ when I return home from helping Kerry's family get settled in with new baby Isaac. And what a perfect time of year for a baby to be born, right on the cusp on new beginnings and new awakenings!
It may still be cold outside, but like busy bees, there's a buzz of activity inside. And it's all good.
Marcheta *buzz buzz
