Time is our most precious resource, it can not be renewed or regenerated, and once it’s spent on something, we won’t ever get it back.
And unfortunately, with the wet snow alternating with rain combined with the soft unfrozen ground, mud season is upon us, and it has a way of slowing us down.
Simple tasks like bringing food and water to the animals take more time when we have to slog through the mud – those few extra minutes, compounded over days, weeks, or a few months, add up.
We’ve been avoiding using the tractor as much as we can, as this soft ground is more prone to developing big deep ruts, which will torment us til summer, til we find the time to fill them in.
Even a casual stroll through the paddocks to check on something or someone can actually turn into quite a feat when the ground is so soft. In these conditions, the mud can even rip the boots right off your feet.
I have it on good authority that I’m not the only one around here who’s wound up with a boot so deep in the mud that the inertia of walking left me precariously balanced with one foot dangling in the cold air, with only a sock on. Don’t ask what happened next.
To be blunt, mud season is our least favorite time of year for all these reasons and more. But this too shall pass.
Like the lotus flower that grows through the muddy waters to go on and bloom vibrantly, our soils will drain, the pastures will flourish, and our fields will go on to nourish our animals in just a month or two.
In this way, it’s the mud season that sets the stage for another year of abundant, delicious food, and we’ll keep this in our hearts as the sun starts to shine and the spring goes on!
Your Farmers,
Greg & Jenney
PS – We’ve got a great selection of pork at the Farm Store this weekend. Order ahead online or drop in and see what we have available on Sunday from 9am-12pm.
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