Around The Homestead ~ Warmer Weather, Wood Chips, Firewood and Maple Buds!
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This week has been of of trying to get caught up inside and outside. Early in the week we were still having cold temperatures and snow. On Monday a local tree trimming company was going to bring us a load of woodchips, but the weather was to bad. Thankfully they were able to come on Tuesday and gave us a nice pile. It’s about 4 or 5 of what we could do with our little trailer. Then on Wednesday they brought us another load. Yippee! We had also booked them to do some trimming on a tree beside our driveway. We have a large delivery of firewood coming this spring and there were branches in the way of the truck. Also some were getting to close to the hydro line coming to the house. A big blessing, they did the trimming and wouldn’t charge us for it! They were just happy to have a place to dump the woodchips. 🙂 That was so nice! We had them take down 2 trees for us last year as well. With the heavy rains we had last summer two box elm maples started falling towards the house.
Later in the week the weather started to warm up to just above 0 C. Friday it got up to plus 2 C and today it was about 4 C! It’s so nice to have some “spring” weather starting. Shhhh don’t tell winter! LOL
The first load of woodchips.
2nd load of woodchips and firewood in the back.
One of our old maple trees is starting to bud. This one has never produced much sap but the other one sure does. We are planning to tap it on Monday!
We also finally finished our seed order and I’m looking forward to receiving these. Hubby shovelled a path way down to the green house, but we still can’t get the door open. It’s frozen to the ground. Hopefully in another day or so we’ll be able to get inside.
What signs of spring are you seeing?
Kim Mills is a homeschooling mom of 6 and lives on an urban homestead in Ontario, Canada. Blogging at Homestead Acres she enjoys sharing tips to help you save money, grow and preserve your own food.
