We’re in the last few weeks of the year, and although winter isn’t official yet, we’ve already experienced our first bitterly cold snap. Heated water buckets and stock tank heaters were hooked up. Hoses for cleaning chicken coops have frozen solid. And countless discussions have been held about the impossible dream of finding warm waterproofContinue reading “The (Holiday) Spirit of 61”
Tag Archives: winter
We’re So Egg-cited!
It’s the second week of January, and finally the hens have started laying again after months of channeling all their egg-laying energies into growing some of the loveliest feathers we’ve ever seen. Seriously, these hens (and rooster Speck, who, happily, seems to have gotten the hens’ message about nonconsensual sex, and has stopped mounting them)Continue reading “We’re So Egg-cited!”
Sowing Daylight
With last week’s winter solstice came the long-awaited (but still painfully slow) return of longer days. Specifically, here in Sunbury, Ohio, the sun is now setting a full seven minutes later than it was for most of the first half of December, when, according to TimeAndDate.com, the Sunbury sun set at a dismal 5:05 p.m.Continue reading “Sowing Daylight”
Cold Comfort
It’s the end of another cycle, the end of the easy seasons. Next up: winter. The first frost is upon us here at Ranch 61, and it fills me with both dread and melancholy. During my first couple years here in Central Ohio, in almost every season, in response to almost any kind of weatherContinue reading “Cold Comfort”
Ranch 61 