It's been awhile since I wrote a blog post and it's probably because it's been busy on the farm! This fall has been particularly busy because of a few reasons:
- The weather has been extra warm this year with a temperature of +18 degrees on October 30th! This means we can do work that normally couldn't happen until sprint that we didn't get to in the summer.
- With the delay in haying season, there is lots of general farm upkeep work that was also delayed we need to do before winter.
- Generally higher demand for all farm products meant that we have been busy during harvest season with produce to sell but also a longer firewood season that I just wrapped up yesterday.
The warm weather also means we have pasture grass still growing for the cattle. The picture below is from Oct 20th if you can believe it:
In many ways, this is helpful for getting work done on the farm and having a longer growing season but on the other hand it's troubling sign of how the climate is changing. We are seeing warmer times of the year when it should be cooler and also more extreme weather like the extreme wet conditions we had all summer. We are doing our best to adapt since it comes with positives and negatives but as this becomes the normal.
The fall still is a highlight in Nova Scotia with an amazing array of colors on the trees which never ceases to impress us every year.
Although this fall has been unique, it's still an amazing time of year on the farm!
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