Snow!

It snowed last week. We put straw on 4 beds of garlic and 4 beds of strawberries to keep them from constantly freezing and thawing - it's better if this holds the freeze. We spent a bunch of time digging paths in the flower garden - marking them off with stakes and string so we'd dig them straight and then digging the paths and throwing it on top of the beds to build them up and better define them for next year.

It was also our last week of distribution - and it was busy Friday and Saturday! we moved the chickens back inside the barn and started bring the cows in (they didn't always cooperate - we were out til 6:45 in the dark snow on Tuesday trying to chase down Leche, one of the beef calves that ran through a fence). Jason took Moses, our Brown Swiss foster calf, back to Cricket Creek farm and dried Chloe off for the winter.

We also said a lot of goodbyes - to so many great shareholders who we've gotten to know this year, to Don and Bridget, Sam and Elizabeth, and each other. Driving back into Cambridge was a bit surreal, but I'm back living with Liz, Mel and Emily and spent my birthday surrounded by friends, playing with the dog, going out to brunch and getting settled back in here. I miss Caretaker already - but i'll be back Saturday to finish moving!