From February 22, 2013

Snow is back.  We got a heavy wet snow of about 7 inches that kept me at home on Friday.  We had someone plow our lane on Saturday so that we could get out on Monday.

There was a bit of ice with the snow that gave a glaze to the grape trellis.

The tractor sits idle covered with snow.

These big flocks of snow geese were flying overhead as I walked around in the snow.  They had been flying over for the past few weeks, landing in fields   just west of us to rest in the late afternoon.

From February 17, 2013

I first noticed daffodils coming up with buds showing.
The earlier snow has melted and the garden sleeps.  Last year's tomato patch is in front with stakes still in the ground, and behind is the remains of the sweet corn.

My 90 grape vines are still young and only just starting to climb the wire trellis.  Hard to see in their dormant state.

A New Year

 

I work hard, using brain rather than brawn, many hours and much stress and seek a place where I can escape to unwind.  That place is in my nearly 80 acre homestead, where I particularly enjoy working outside in my garden/orchard/vineyard and watching the wildlife that share this sanctuary with me.  I want to maintain this to keep a record of what I see and create.

I took these pictures on January 1, 2013.

We haven't had a lot of snow this winter but had some at the beginning of the year.  My garden space is surrounded by an 8-foot fence to keep the deer from devouring everything.  So far it works.

Some of my 90 grape vines sit dormant in the snow.

The remnants of last year's tomato crop still sits here in the cages needing to be cleared out to make way for next years crop.