Usually my winter activities include equipment repair and maintenance, moving stuff (wood chips, compost, snow, soil mix) around with the front end loader, hiring staff, interviewing potential apprentices and planning for the next growing season. Surgery on my right foot mid-December has slowed me down a bit and confined my winter farming to my office. (Yes, I’ll be fine; back on my feet the first of February. Free Advice: don’t kick your tractor, regardless of what it’s done or how “right” it feels to do so.)
View from my office: broken toe, seed catalogs & out the window
This winter, I’m spending lots of time with seed catalogs, planning spreadsheets, conducting phone interviews and looking out my office window.
I’ll update you on some the 2013 CSA plans later this week. And I promise, no more pictures of my foot!
Gretta
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Sorry to hear about your foot, Gretta. I hope it heals quickly and you can get back on your feet! It reminds me of my father (who was a farmer in Iowa). He broke a toe giving a stubborn cow a swift kick! I’m sure it felt “right” at the time to do it too!
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none of us are immune to the laws of physics, but we all need to test that out from time to time! glad it was only a toe, and in your slower season. we are working our way through items in the freezer and in the cold corner of the basement, so we are still enjoying our farm share.
Ouch! Hope your toe is mending well. Been enjoying all those chopped and grated green veggies that were bagged in summer for winter soups and sauces. The season sure lasts a long time!
Hi Gretta,
Happy New Year and hope your foot heals well. Just wanted to let you know the watermelon radishes where my favorite new vegetable discovery from the year. I have always loved radishes, but had never come across these before. Thanks, and hope they make the cut for the next growing season.
Best, Laurie Marden