Just a general catch-up, I have nothing earth-shattering to say today...
Spring is with us, and it has been great start to the year - dry and warm. The lakes are open, we have heard peepers and loons in the last couple of days, crocus and daffs are blooming and even the grass in the field has started to come away. I got the top field clipped off, but am still pinching out rocks that the frost heaves to the surface to wreck unwary mowers.
It's easter weekend and it should be torrential rain in a traditional Arran sense, but the forecast is for sun and temperatures averaging 22deg :-)
The new greenhouse is still coming along, but shouldn't take too much more work in time to fill with transplants for sale.
The kids have been very busy. Cameron won his Grade 6 Science Fair and went on to the regional finals where he came away with a prize. Breagh designed a 'peace poster' which went on to Provincial level and was given an 'honourable mention' - they framed it for her and is currently on display in the school. Cam was headhunted to play drums and played a gig at Westfield Hall last week with Billy Martin & Old Country - they want him to sit in whenever he can! Breagh is working on her Heritage Fair projects. They are both in full swing with 4H, in particular the public speaking component just now.
What else? Well, with Jane's work and my interest in woodland, we've been out at a few workshops recently. Last weekend we went to Windhorse Farm in Lunenburg County. Jim Drescher manages a 100 acre block of old growth woodland which has been continually harvested for over 100 years, and serves as a model of sustainable approach to forestry. The woodland with big trees, diverse species mix and regenerating younger woods accessed by low impact sawdust paths, and extracted by horses is a lovely place to spend time, and indeed in addition to selling timber products, they also provide retreat and conference facilities. The whole place was really inspiring and a privilege to visit.
