Settling into winter on White Crow Farm is about putting the farm into a  state of comfortable dormancy. A time to care for the foundation  animals while butchering those who’s destiny is to feed the people. This  time of year the predators come in closer and the dogs are working all  night to keep the herds and flocks safe. These are cold days and long  nights in which friends, family, good food, music and art provide such  solace.
The gardens have all been harvested, mulched and are now  asleep. The horses and cattle have returned from the range and are now  eating summer grass stored in the form of hay. Each bale fed out on  these cold mornings brings a memory of us sweating back in the hottest  days of summer tossing these bails onto the truck to bring them home.   For the sheep, goats and pigs who have a shorter gestation than horses  and cattle this is time to breed as well so they can join the ranks of  pregnant mothers who are all incubating the babies of spring 2012!

-Madrone Timothy Fenton

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