Things are quiet at the start of the new year. The greens and garlic are still hanging on in the garden. We have been poring over seed catalogs and deciding what to plant in the spring.
Hopefully, the drought will break before this summer. We ended the year with a huge rainfall deficit. Even the Home Depot down the road has started carrying rain barrel kits. Unfortunately, our region still does not have a strong comprehensive plan for water conservation and management. I don’t understand that. With growth, the problem will only get worse. It won’t just go away by itself.
The bee equipment we ordered has started coming in. Now to assemble our hives and set them up! It’s funny to think that in a couple of months or so we will have a few thousand head of livestock in our own yard. It will be an interesting process, to be sure.
In the meantime, I am still exploring options for working at home. I hope to be doing that by the end of this year, or at least making a substantial part of my living from home. It is my top goal for the new year.
