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[Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

Just a few hours :>) Actually, it's cooling off a bit here tonight, so
the first day of spring will be a little chilly. But, it's in the air.
Busy time.

I got all the orchard trees manured a few weeks ago, the spring
treatment. Good timing, cause it rained slow of 5 days last week. That
should have worked in a lot of good in the soil. I got my 50'
asparagus bed in and the peas and some onions in before this rain.
Spend a lot of time on the rainy days cleaning out beds, etc.

I'd started plowing a 3/4 acre field I'm going to cover crop this
year. Need to finish that, but soil is a little wet. I'll plant some
oats to get some quick cover there. Maybe some crimson clover in it.

My Black Locust trees came in a couple of days ago, right after the
rain as luck would have it. I got them in yesterday, all 100. Tonight
there is a little rain, so that should help get them set in.

I'm about 1/2 way through with fencing projects to keep the goats out
of the new fields I've carved out. Goats are occupied with kids, so
not so worrisome on the fences. I just had milker #3 kid today. 2 nice
kids, a buckling and doeling. I've got to get some pictures posted.
These two are a weird color. Parents are reddish colored, these two
have white in them and almost look pink. Weird.

I'm thinking about getting cabbages and broccoli in next week. Also
potatoes need to go in.

Spring is just springing!

Rob - Va