February is silent. April is busy. March is loud. It is the month when every animal, plant, and weather pattern shows up at the door at the same time and asks what is for dinner.
What is happening this week
Peas in. Onion sets in. Seedlings under lights getting their second true leaves. Chickens laying every day again, finally. Bees coming and going on warm afternoons.
What we are putting off
Pruning the apples. Mucking out the run. Building the new tomato trellises. None of it is urgent. All of it will be by April 1.
A small joy
The first crocus on the south side of the barn opened on Sunday. We stopped what we were doing and stood in the mud and looked at it for a while.
March is the month we remember why we live like this.
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