Spring fever has hit! I’ve been reading gardening magazines and flower books. As the sun shines more brightly through the windows, I see the dust and grime that has accumulated over winter and I want to scrub everything. The snow is melting just a bit and the chickens are venturing outside.
Now, I know there will be more cold days and probably more snow, but for these few warm days I’ll pretend spring has sprung.
Today I tackled my cold cellar.
It needed a serious reset. While we did get some produce to store over winter, I think I was kind of scarred from the growing season and I just left it. And, well, you know what happens when you leave produce. It tends to rot.
Judge all you want, it is what it is. And so I needed to do a good deep clean. And the chickens scored big time!
My kids did a great job scooping out old carrots and throwing squash to the chickens.
Then I scrubbed shelves and reorganized! Just like that, it’s ready for another growing and canning season!
Prayerfully, this next gardening season will be more fruitful than the last! And for now, I’ll just remember it’s ok to fail, it’s ok when things don’t go the way we hoped or plan. God is always faithful, and he promises to always bring about the seasons.
Genesis 8:22 ESV
While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”
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