There is nothing quite like the first snow! It gives a both a feeling of peace as well as beauty. I think the blanket of pure white snow gives us a feeling of clean, so to speak! We went without any major snow last Winter, so we’re hoping for more blasts this year.
Snow also heralds in a few tasks on the homestead. Oddly, the main task involves our song birds. Snow makes foraging for seeds a bit more difficult in the wilds, so we make sure the bird feeders are full and scatter some extra feed on the ground for our friends. Snow also can mean frozen water for the animals, so we check all of the rabbit and poultry waterers, in addition to a quick check for the cow troughs. All in all, everything was fine this morning (the temps barely hit 32, which didn’t cause any issues for our animals), but it was a good reminder for what is to come.
Interestingly, we are starting to get a rise in egg laying. I’m pretty sure it really starts to turn on after the Winter Solstice (around Dec 21), when the days start to get longer. But, we’re already seeing a slight uptick now.
Lots of fun on the horizon! Spring is just around the corner!