I am loving all the green shoots that are coming up everywhere - cultivated and wild. Things are happening here in the Pacific Northwest, and I am ever so sorry for you Midwesteners and East Coasters. I really am. All that snow! All that cold, while we sun ourselves in T-Shirts. Just hang in there! Spring will come! You will probably feel sorry for us in two months, when all our little baby seedlings are getting their butts kicked in a late frost.
We are busy on our homestead. My energizer-bunny husband Steve cut five huge Alders out of the goat enclosure, because some of those trees were
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| The bed of coals and almost full moon. |
To supplement our diet with other green stuff, I am sprouting different seeds like alfalfa, clover, and lentils. These crunchy sprouts are great on sandwiches and salads.
I also got a batch of Sauerkraut going, quietly fermenting and bubbling on the kitchen counter, emitting its distinctive scent.
I leave you with an image of Lukas, who - after splitting wood all day - somehow finds the energy to do backflips on the trampoline. I wish we could bottle up all this energy, so I could take swigs of it during the day!
What are you up to these days?









