Snow, Rain, Hail and Snow

As I have mentioned before I grew up in south central Montana. Where everyone had a wood stove and a snow shovel within arms reach at all times (well practically everyone). In fact the way the minute men readiness was explained to us as children by comparing, the colonists keeping their rifles ready at the door like we do snow shovels in November. Though the days were cold and the snow often wet I cherish the memories of standing in a dark field in the moonlight watching the ground glow or the silent fall of large flakes in the darkness. I got to relive a bit of that as I shoveled the snow from my drive, walk and path to our animals this last month. But because its southern Ohio I also had deal with the freezing rain, hail, sleet and then snow again over the last two-weeks.

Regardless of the contrast, winter though late is here. The 4-6 inches of snow we got in January acted as a two edged sword, it have stymied many of our plans for January, but it combined with the cold was needed for our maple harvest plans in March. We also got a lot of indoor work done building our operational calendar for 2022 and reviewing progress in upcoming projects.

After the roads cleared and it warmed up a bit and we went to visit Mark at Hope Grows Farm to check on the shelter we put in for the ponies and Gus. So far its doing well, as are the equines with the shelter only suffering a little wear in the places we expected. So in the Spring we will place some covers on the metal to eliminate the hot spots. With that we should be able to get a least a year out of a $40 tarp in the future for a shelter that fits all three animals.

Our editors also completed their review of our 40 level Regenerative Education Primer. This paves the way for us to schedule our first classes and seminars in the next 30-60 days. So stay tuned for those events, and opportunities we would love to get your involvement and feedback. Stay true and keep moving. Deven Little