January -Ice and snow
February-Making maple syrup
January-February – grafting fruit trees
February – March – Seedlings started
March – Baby calves arrive
March-April – Spring turkey hunting for two of my favorite people.
April – fire wood for winter 2012
April – New equipment for working the cattle
April – More new fencing
May – Gardening begins
May – Honeybees cleaning house and we prepare for fresh honey
May – Bee swarming begins
May – Fruit trees bloom and we worry about late frosts.
June 2012 – 1st ever “duratio” in our neck of the woods. Lots of cleanup and keeping hubby busy!
June – Duratio takes down lots of our fruit and nut crop and wreaks havoc on our fencing.
June – Hay time
June – Hay lot is full!
July – Spring cleaning almost done!
July – Harvesting & canning for winter in full swing!
July – A little crafting along the way makes life fun!
July – First barn quilt in Craig County on the barn!! More fun!
August-September – Mammoth pumpkin from the garden. He almost didn’t fit the wheel barrow!
July – August – Fresh vegies from the garden.
September – Potatoes harvested and in the cellar.
September – Plowing to sow the winter crops (turnips & parsnips).
September – Spaghetti sauce and barbecue sauce from the last of the tomatoes.
And, here it is the end of September. Deer season and turkey season is soon to be here. Baby calves are coming and yearlings are headed to the market. Two nights of cold temps and frost in the mornings means firing up the wood stoves. The cycle starts again.
Looks like a productive year… when it goes by so quick it’s hard to remember what you did with all that time 🙂
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It is hard to remember but I keep a journal and the blog helps. We were given a five year journal of my husband’s great, great uncle a few years back and since then I’ve tried to be a better journal keeper. He wrote down something simple each day and we have read that thing over and over and learn something new each time about life in the early 1800’s on the farm we live on now. It’s been fascinating and I hope in the future my granddaughter will enjoy reading about our lives and how things have changed.
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Wow that sounds wonderful and makes me want to be a better joirnal keeper 🙂 I am so glad you have that treasure 🙂
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Hi,
It’s sure been a busy year for you! Meanwhile in the UK we’ve been cooped up unable to do anything for months because it’s been such rubbish weather.
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I hate that for your sake!! We’re starting our rainy and cooler weather with shots of warmer weather in between. We’ve had three mornings of frost and the golden leaves are falling everywhere!
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What a fantastic post and an awesome idea. To see all you have accomplished on one page must be wonderful. I especially liked all your pots and pans on the wall.. what a collection.. have a lovely weekend! c
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It sure goes by fast. Sometimes TOO fast when there is so much to do. Thanks for sharing and thanks for stopping by our place!! 🙂
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Looking forward to your future posts.
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I just LOVE this way of remembering the year. I especially love the turkeys. We don’t get wild turkeys here. Very cool! Rita, you do such loving justice to life on a farm. Thank you.
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Well, thank you ma’am!! I will take that as “high praise”! I do love the farm and where we live. Wish you could come visit and set a spell on the front porch with me!!
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Wow to actually see the year in pictures is wonderful! Thank you.
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Hope you can come walk with me sometime!
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