Sheep score a windfall–literally!

-by Peter

Virtuous carbon cycling can be joyful–especially on a dreary morning when I didn’t want to get out of bed! 

I discovered this downed tree in the neighbourhood this morning. It must have come down recently in the stormy weather we’ve been having over the weekend. 

Not pictured: the truck piled high with aspen boughs and the neatly cleared roadway I left behind.

It’s the second day the lambs have had tree fodder. Below: chickens observe bare branches that the lambs tore ash leaves off yesterday. Sticks are leftover salad stems. Later I’ll mulch them in place as a soil enricher with the tractor flail mower to make ramial chipped wood.

The chooks of course are wondering if I brought them anything better than branches (sorry, not this time).

Manic May

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Honeyberry (or haskap) blooms provide a much-needed early source of nectar for insects and hummingbirds.

It’s that time of year again.

Everything needs to be done. Yesterday.

Warm weather and sunshine have made everything pop. Believe me, I am not complaining. We are loving the weather here at Bird’s Nest Garden Farm.

It’s hard to believe that less than a month ago things looked like this:

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Yes, that is one of my main vegetable plots on April 22.  So, less than a month ago we had plenty of heavy snow on the ground.

Now we are full steam ahead on ALL of the projects. Continue reading “Manic May”