Winter is winding down

We're winding down on winter. It's time to pick out the seeds from the gardening catalogs and clean the trash from the garden. The lambs will start coming in another couple of months and the whole cycle continues.
I still can't get Stacey to take down the Moravian Star. She's threatening to leave it up until Easter. She always complains that I don't get the Christmas lights down ( which is true) but she won't take down the star.
Jacob the steer went off to freezer camp to learn to be small tasty pieces of beef. He'll graduate the 13th of Feb at which time we'll have a graduation party as soon as we can thaw some of him out. I hope Stacey gets the freezers cleaned and organized. Storing 400-600lbs of beef requires some space. I am going to give some away but not that much. This is going to require some substantial eating. I hope I'm up to the task.
I've been suffering from hay anxiety. This appears to be common among farmers at this time of year. Realistically, I know that I have enough hay to make it to pasture time. I've counted the bales but it just doesn't matter. There's less than when I started, there's an emptiness in the barn and I'll run out and all my animals will STARVE. I've got enough hay. I know I do but it just doesn't matter. I'm sure this will pass as soon as I can put the animals on pasture. Then I'll worry about the pasture.
I'm still trying to work on the plow that I pulled out of the hedgerow. I still haven't gotten the wheels to turn. I've found a guy who restores old plows and will probably buy one off of him. It bites but I have to change the way I do things around here and I'll need a plow for that.
I'm trying to cast candles again to have something else to sell at the farmers market. I'm using the old style tin molds and they are a bear to use. I don't know if I can make enough to be worthwhile. I could go to modern style molds but I want to learn the old methods.
Bye until next time