After a night and day of constant heavy snow and strong wind we got a winter landscape. It is time to stop field labours. Daily routine changes, outside activities are being suspended, days are shorter, allowing the farmer to spend more time with his or her family, make quilts, bake holiday favourites, smoke a pipe while sitting at the fireplace, drink hot ale, write a journal and enjoy playing monopoly with neighbours.

There is no power on this earth that could disturb a farmers peaceful, solemn and deep winter sleep. It isn’t budget planning, seed choosing and calculating, or looking for a seasonal job, not even winter conference prices, shoveling snow, season extension, jump starting plants, nothing.

Thanks for reading, have fun this winter! See you next season, except for occasional entries.