It’s March 23rd as I write this.
Road restrictions are on. Folks who don’t live on dirt roads are generally unconcerned with the Spring Load Restrictions – generally known as break up/ road restrictions/ road bans. For some of us, it is a time to be planned for. It’s the time that the frost is leaving the ground and heavy trucks are banned from roads that would be destroyed by them. We plan for it by ordering our feed well in advance. We also keep it in mind when we order anything else that may need to be delivered by a big truck. The state only gives three days notice when the restrictions go on, and I can only imagine that there is a mad dash by some to get their orders delivered. We prefer not to get caught short. MnDot has sites around the state where they monitor the frost line and will announce when the bans can be taken off. It feels like it will be an early spring.
The snow is almost gone (again). That last big snow we had dumped 11 inches on Embarrass. We know when the snow goes the first time that more snow will come and usually there is a big dumping at some point…..but it surely was a kick in the pants. Anyway, all that is nearly gone.
The pigs that we cared for over the winter grew well and are thriving. They are nearly butcher weight. The folks we buy new little pigs from are asking when we will be ready to start another batch. And so it will begin again.
We have had a couple of nice calves born successfully and a couple that were not successful. That is always disappointing, but that’s farming. Lots of highs and lows.
