Little House – no time to waste in spring
“There was no time to lose, no time to waste in rest or play. The life, of the earth comes up with a rush in the springtime. All the wild seeds of weed and thistle, the sprouts of vine and bush and tree, are trying to take the fields. Farmers must fight them with harrow and plow and hoe; they must plant the good seeds quickly.”
Laura Ingals Wilder (Little House Series)
Right now the ground is covered with over a foot of snow, spring seems really far away, but the growing pile of seed catalogs by my chair reminds me that it will be here sooner than I realize.
I’m not quite ready to get my seed order organized, but I don’t really have much of a choice. As much as I love gardening, I’m really enjoying a little bit of rest this winter. However, if I linger too long I may not be able to get the seeds that I want.
Luckily I still have a little time to rest before things get started in earnest. My onions will be started first in about a month. That gives me four more weeks of rest!
Do you ever have to do things before you want to because of circumstances outside of your control?
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Citrus Season
It’s citrus season here at Chiot’s Run. Since it’s is season in more temperate regions, we order up boxes of various kinds of citrus to brighten up our days. Right now I’m enjoying Rio Red grapefruit from G & S Groves in TX. Grapefruit is my all time favorite kind of citrus to eat. I also got a box of Valencia oranges for Mr Chiots, which is his favorite.
I’m also working on a box of Meyer lemons from Lemon Ladies Orchard (we’ll be doing a giveaway in a few little bit). Earlier this week I made a batch of lemon curd and it’s AMAZING.
Of course with all the citrus I’m making gallons of my citrus infused vinegar to get me through the cleaning year (see my post about it here).
There’s something so happy about citrus, I LOVE it. Perhaps it’s my tropical roots, or maybe it’s just because it really does brighten up a cold winter day!
What’s your favorite kind of citrus?
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Hello 2014
I hope you woke up this morning with a feeling of hope for the coming year.
It’s a new year – make the most of it!
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Quote of the Day: Robert Frost
“Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.”
It’s beginning to feel like it might end in ice around here! No thawing yet and 6″-10″ inches of snow coming today and tomorrow. It’s certainly a mess out there, I can’t imagine what all the trails back in the woods looks like.
What’s the worst weather issues you have in your garden?
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Good Morning Sunshine
With all the weather we’ve been having over the past week, the sun hasn’t shown it’s face very often. Christmas morning, it did rise up over the horizon right in front of the house. It was a stunning sunrise, especially with all the ice still lingering on the trees.
Above is the view from our upstairs window.
The morning was made even better with a batch of homemade cinnamon rolls!
One of the things we LOVE about Maine is that the sun is out almost all winter long. In NE Ohio we barely saw the sun during the winter months, they skies were always grey.
Do you see the sun frequently in the winter months?
