December 10, 2011

Cold, cold, cold is what is defining this December. Last year this time we had snow, this year frost and cold. The yard and deck have not thawed and I think you could walk across the pond. It is interesting because we decided to put in one more outbuilding. Craig, the carpenter from Maine, has started the project. He has the 4 cement filled sonatubes in that provide the foundation for the new shed. It will be a cute shed. Don rolls his eyes whenever I say something like that, but if you are going to have a shed, it should be cute, correct? The purpose of the shed will be to house the lawn furniture, bikes and other summer paraphernalia. The stuff that is clogging up the garage and barage. The shed will be located behind my garden, so that in the summer it can double as a reading room. I am kind of excited about it.

Today the heat mats and lights had to go on in the potting shed. I may have lost a few things to the freeze, but most of the plants looked like they were handling their hibernation pretty well. I can hardly believe that in a few weeks I am going to need to inventory seed and start planning for next summers garden.

We are looking forward to Don's cancer being gone by this summer-which will make A Way Back party central once again. We will need to work on the trails and forest, because this fall we just did not have time to re-do them. So, there will be plenty of projects and plenty of extra gloves if you need to take some time away and want to work. There is nothing quite like chipping or.... the 70 million things you can do out here in the big house next to the creek, in the middle of the forest,by the river.