Posts in category: the garden
Lengthening days and changing ways…

Tonight the sun was still bright and high at 4 o’clock – a noticeable change from the darkest days of December. The chickens don’t want to be locked up until after 5pm, which takes the pressure off if we’re both out in the day. On the flip side, we are greeted with a scolding of […]

The year quietly turns…

December is a struggle. The alarm goes off at about 7am, (I know, that’s not early…) and my eyes immediately register that it is black outside and therefore surely still the middle of the night. If I really have to get up, I can. But it feels all wrong – the glowing clock’s mindless insistence […]