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Yesterday was an unusual day and I wanted to show you the kind of craziness us Minnesotans deal with.
This was my yard yesterday, April 23rd at 6am:
And this is what our yard looked like not even 12 hours later.
You can really see how much the snow was weighing down the branches of our trees when you compare the two pics.
On second thought, maybe I prefer my yard covered in snow? It looks much cleaner that way!
What has the spring been like in your neck of the woods?
Hi, I'm Stephanie. I'm the best selling author of Can It & Ferment It, WECK Small-Batch Preserving and WECK Home Preserving. My fourth book, Small-Scale Homesteading, is now available for pre-order! I'm a certified master food preserver, food preservation instructor, organic gardener, chicken keeper and nature lover. I specialize in creating easy to follow recipes and directions to help other homesteaders meet their goals.
Wow. I’m wearing a tank top and just rode my bike downtown. Garden is coming along, planting tomato starts in a few weeks. Oof!
Sounds awesome! Well the forecast finally shows spring-like weather in the future so hopefully I’ll be doing the same soon.
Oh my goodness Stephanie! You have to be SO ready for spring. I feel for you and have no right to complain that our 80 degree day was followed up by a 50 degree day!