Perfect Light

Morning light on a still winter day

This morning as I went out to feed the goats, I was greeted with the most perfect light and a dusting of snow that covered all the surfaces with a new glistening of white.  The sun was at an angle to accentuate the snowflakes in their haphazard positions as they cling to the tree limbs and reflect the stillness of the day. Past the winter solstice so daylight is coming back a few precious minutes each day.  With mornings like this, it's easy to see why we crave the sunlight. 

New R & B Farms Banner

It was an enjoyable holiday with an eight inch blanket of snow on the ground.  Should mean good moisture for spring growing.  Christmas was a wonderful time.  As one of our gifts, we've added a new banner to our inventory that highlights the bounty of the harvest.  Can't wait to use it next spring!

Christmas 2010 - waiting to plant seedlings!

Napolitano Basil

It's Christmas Day and we have lots of snow on the ground.  At least the snow makes if seem bright outside which makes me long for spring.  I received a few tomato seed varieties for Christmas from Tomato Bob's.  I'll start to order seeds soon, and then it will be time to start the seedlings!  This past summer we offered our veggies for the first time at the North Grand Farmer's Market.  We began in May with asparagus, rhubarb, lettuce and mint and ended up in October with winter squash, sweet potatoes, horse radish, and sunchokes.  In between we had lots of wonderful tomatoes, beets, summer squash, onions, radishes, beans, okra, choi, cabbage, and the highlight of the year, herbs, especially basil.  Our favorite of the basil varieties was Napolitano which has the large, crinkled leaves that you see on the background of our blog post.  It's great on sandwiches instead of lettuce.  Now if I can just remember where I ordered the seeds from!!