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In which we "celebrate" the time change and look around at the spring farm

Friends have been posting photos of their horses surrounded by heaps of shedding-out hair for more than a month.  But Fiddle always hangs back.  "It's not Spring in Canada yet!" Shedding begins...slowly. We've had some unpleasant weather recently, but if the Dragon is shedding, then winter is almost over.   And yes:  the plants agree with her! raspberry suckers from Fish Creek that I stuck in the ground last fall--sprouting Elephant garlic   I'm re-whomping Monica's garden this year, and you can see some of the changes at the right edge of the photo above.   Basically, I'm taking out some of the chicken paraphernalia to make room to grow more beans for Pooh Bear.  That dog really loves green beans, and so do I...so if I want some for myself next year, I've gotta plant and can a lot of them.  Seedlings in the orangerie I have plants growing in nooks and crannies all over the farm.  Seeds usually start out in my office under grow lights.  Then they move

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