Update

The ground is frozen and has about 10 inches of snow on it, with more still coming. I couldn’t pretend to garden even if I wanted to! I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with my blog until February (when I get my seeds going again.) The winter months here in Utah can be a little blue. The pollution settles in and the sun is often foggy, not to mention feet of snow covering everything. We try and get out and do things like cross country skiing and snow shoeing, but it’s just been so much colder than the last few winters! Plus it seems with it getting darker and colder all we ever want to do is eat soup and stay curled up in blankets!

I’ve also been looking into getting chickens this coming spring instead of expanding my garden area. I love the thought of not buying eggs that are being trucked thousands of miles just to get to my plate. And also  knowing that my chickens are being taken care of and loved with free room to roam and eat. My only real concern, and I know this shouldn’t be a HUGE issue, but I’m worried with the cold temperatures in the winter that I’ll wake up and all my chickens will be frozen to death! Talk about traumatizing. So, if anyone has recommendations of great books about raising chickens let me know!

We’re also working on opening a store through Etsy selling gardening baskets and possibly some other tools! They will be great for harvesting all your produce, carrying your weeds and scraps to the compost, and hopefully some baskets for your trips to the farmers market. We’ll start working on them in January and hopefully have some up for sale towards the middle of February.

Hope everyone is surviving the winter so far! I’ll post a few more updates on our store progress after Christmas 🙂