Hello, Spring!

Spring has sprung with abandon and vigor. Mother Nature has painted the rolling hills of Middle Tennessee with far more shades of green than I can name and the landscape changes daily. This photo taken this afternoon from beside the hay storage trailer captures the view in one snippet of time.

While the landscape is springing to life all around us, the farming chores are growing, too. The horses are shedding their winter coats by the handful. The hens are becoming broody--indeed we have one clutch of eggs being incubated within the goats' maternity stall. JoJo, our gander, is becoming increasingly territorial; indeed, the geese are often herded into "goose jail" just to give the other animals a break from his insistent heckling. By clearing out old bedding from goat stalls I have a seemingly-endless supply of organic matter for garden beds. All this without even beginning to think of planting! Nature's abundance is all around us.