Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Aliza" <realfood@wonderfulfarm.com>]

Pretty chilly here - was about 19 degrees with the wind chill this morning - 
not very cold to some folks I know:o)  We are expecting quite a bit of snow 
for our area and I am itchy for the 3 weeks of dry warm weather that we get 
in February.  I have a bunch of does due in the next few weeks and am not 
quite prepared for it but hopefully will be by the end of the week.

I am sending samples out to aglabs next week and in February will amend my 
fields to improve my pastures for my grazing stock.  Working on the 
asperagus bed as well as the new garden beds that I will start to plant as 
soon as we harvest the roos that are about 6 months old now (dark cornish 
and light brahama).  They have done a good job of fertilizing the lawn and 
will feed us for the next few months very very richly.

I too have enjoyed the potato stories and am always amazed at how little 
folks know about food.  I cant imagine choosing to work in an office over 
working on the land myself but sometimes when the snow is blowing sideways 
as I take the winter hay to the sheep (this because my fields are not good 
enough) I think about the warm wood stove and a cup of cocoa and that gets 
me by til I can get back inside.

Looking towards next year being even more bountiful then this one.

Aliza
who is dreaming of a very large pea patch and a prolific asperagus bed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:45 PM
Subject: [Livingontheland] nothing else to do?


> These last few days have been quite a rush on this list. I hope the 488
> subscribers have been duly entertained and not too frustrated with all the
> posts. Maybe it's the holiday time off or cold days when we can't get out
> much. Hasn't been above freezing here today and this is all that's keeping
> me from cabin fever ;-) I got a kick out of the potato stories, can't wait
> to show Barb.
>
> Our best to everyone out there and I hope you're warmer than we are.
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>
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