March started off clear, warm and sunny. The weather was great for working in the garden and on projects but not so great for our drought. Fortunately, today it is raining with more to come next weekend. We are currently about 15 inches behind normal for our ranch and I don't expect we will come close to making that up this month and next -- before the rain completely stops in May. But anything helps and we will gratefully accept any and all moisture from the clouds.
Our February WWOOFers have moved on to a farm in Oregon as they continue their trek around the country. We now have a young man from Germany, Ibo, staying with us for a month. He and Brett have continued the work of cutting up the many trees that fell in our big storm last December. Additionally, Ibo built a box to cover up the water valves near my fall color grove of trees.
They have gathered materials to replace the compost bin dividers which were crushed under a falling tree. They moved the compost out of the way and removed the existing dividers before the rain started. Once it stops, they will start building the new block wall dividers (crush proof). In the meantime, they are in the barn splitting wood.
Spring is easily my favorite season. The grass is green and daffodils are blooming everywhere.
Book Recommendation: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Wow. Great book. The premise of the book, which is fiction, is Shakespeare's loss of his son Hamnet (fact) -- Hamlet being a variation of the same name. I thought it would be a depressing book and it is, of course, sad at times but it is so much more.
Ooohhh daffodils! The harbringer of spring! Such a cheerful flower after all the drabness of late winter.
ReplyDeleteThose are some colorful eggs.