All about the weather...

As a rule I usually cared about the weather while living in the city, but at the same time I never really cared about the weather. We had to walk the dogs, I'd walk to the bus stop or trax...or even worse get stuck out walking when the weather turned bad and I got caught in a downpour. Then there were the rare occasions that the snow was so bad that getting anywhere became a joke.

Silly city girl...

Here weather really matters. It doesn't just determine whether you're going to be uncomfortable while walking from your car to the store...your entire day's work depends on it, your livelihood is dictated by it. In just the short amount of time we've been here we have been postponed by wind, hampered by the rain, and scorched by the sun. We have yet to experience the fury that mother nature can throw out, but my eyes are opening to the real impact that weather plays on the day-to-day life of a farmer as well as the outcome of your seasons work.

Here the change in climate is more noticeable. A dry year or wet year becomes trends that have never been seen before in generations and certain species of birds stay year round now when they never had before. Areas that were once fed by year round creeks are now dry for most of the season. Winters that were once sub-freezing are now tolerable.

Funny how you start to care about things more when you can actually see them...when they become tangible and real, not just some word on a page that's up for debate.

Well...enough of that, now for why your really here, pictures!!!

 This is pretty much how we've spent the last couple of days...no, not standing around in holes...digging them!!  Well, the backhoe did most of the digging...we did the rest.

We've also been doing some planting, transplanting to the high tunnel, and hand feedin' cute little turkeys and guinea hens :)