Spring has hit my farm like a Easter in Rome. The trees are blooming and the bees are humming. The corn is partly in with a few tomato plants started inside. I still have brocoli, kale and sorrel from last year. I covered them with an old window frame and a box so it managed through the winter. I was pleasantly surprised. Some of the birds have returned like the phoebe, wrens and confusing warblers. We noticed a cooper's hawk flying over what just a bare scrap where the tractor was stuck. We think he was searching for a snake or mouse. We know thee are plenty of these. Sue spotted a garder snake in the bed of mint that was just sprouting. The rhubbarb is coming in rapidly next to that. More mundanely the lawn needs to be cut soon and the fence holes have been started. I also started the first mushroom burst from a kit, shittake and pom-pom oysters. We shall see how they develop. My injury is easier with the warm weather to work with but still takes a longer time than usual. It's another beautiful day here with all the sprouts. I hope it carries into my joint. Warm Spring......

Sue and I were at the Cape with my Dad and Sister for Easter, Dad is getting old but doing a great job at hanging in there. Our Lady of Lourdes just opened in Wellfleet, not quite finished yet but a great church. We were at the Bookstore for Easter Dinner of lamb and ham. There was quite a crowd and saw several of my former co-workers, who joined us for this feast. After we went on a Easter egg-hunt. The Cape is slowly coming back to life. My kale and cabbage planted in the front yard survived the winter but I lost one small rose bush. The Lilacs look to be growing but not as strongly as I would hope. We looked for fresh cow milk on the way home in Dartmouth but sadly did not find any. It seems strange to have to go so far out of the way to get real food. We saw an Easter Bunny as we turned into the drive-way last night. That was a real welcome home.
Back here in Franklin -Bellingham, the garden is cleared. Nico and I put down some lyme and horse manure as fert. We will start the seeds shortly and already have the small tomatoes plants which will go in the garden as soon as the frost danger is near the end. It takes a bit longer with the injury but thinking some-how I feel it was meant to.