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What are your favorite things about the winter season?

 
Timothy Norton
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We just had to adjust the clocks so my mind has been on the winter season.

Say, what is it about winter that you enjoy the most?

Share your thoughts, and any stories that you might have about the coldest season!
 
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Bright blue skies and sparkling white snow.
Silence as a heavy snow falls.
All the tourists have gone away.
Road construction projects are finally shut down for the season.

Almost forgot, in winter my Dragons get to play!


 
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While I am not a fan of having to heat my home, the winter season for my family is full of celebrations and get-togethers which I cherish.

I share my love through my work in the kitchen. Sharing a meal, especially one including ingredients that I have grown, feels fulfilling.
 
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#1. SNOW!!
#2. SNOW!!
#3. COLD!!
#4. Low angle sunlight lights up our south facing great room—exactly as designed!!
#5. SNOW DAYS!!


Eric
 
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My favorite thing is the cold dry Rocky Mountain air in Colorado. It gives me energy.

Also prepping for next growing season, starting new hugel berms before the ground freezes, moving herbs inside and propagating them, researching about new growing/propagation techniques etc...
 
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In my area the locals complain about the cold at 32 F.   With that in mind, with the drop in humidity I get much more work done outside.  “Winter” won’t kick in around here until about Christmas, so until then I work outside with maybe a heavy shirt on.
 
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Pushing my kid around on his LL Bean wood sled, I usually get laid off in winter so I finally get to get work done around my property, throwing rocks into frozen lakes so it makes that laser sound, getting to keep perishable food in the mud room so it doesn’t take up fridge space, seeing things that were hidden behind leaves during the summer.
 
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The chance for good quality R&R, snuggling up in front of the (woodstove) fire with John & the dogs, a guilt-free time to pursue hobbies, pull things out of the freezer that were tossed in, because there wasn't time to make the jams, pie fillings, etc, that they were meant to be, and to reorganize things that became disorganized, during the busiest months.
 
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Not being hot.
Getting to wear winter clothes.
The sound of snow.
Four-wheel drive.
Snowshoeing.

That said, winter isn't here yet and it's a little disconcerting!
 
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I am in full agreement with John:

Low humidity

Humorous that locals think that 32 degrees=cold




Eric
 
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Christmastime with all the singing and lights and making merry.  I also like a day or 2 of snow and how pretty it is.  Then I want it all to be done and spring to come.  Once we've had Christmas, and New Year's, and a day or 2 of snow then I have no use for winter anymore and I'm done.  Most of the winter here is dreary and rainy.

Oh, and the way the naked trees and their skeletons stand against the backdrop of the sky, I like that too.
 
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The garden is retired for the season excepting some root crops and some greens like kale.
The grass is not growing so the mower is retired.
The weeds that grow do not need much managing as they die off when it warms up.

I can tackle large projects and maintenance without the distraction of the things above. Building projects, trail making/clearing, filling compost bins with chicken deep litter and replacing  with new carbon material using wood chips and dried grass that I bag with the mower.

Enjoying playing in the woods with kids with little foliage and hot tent camping at different spots on the property with all of the kids.
 
Arthur Wierzchos
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Rest.

Thank you Winter, for forcing me to slow down and heal.  

Physical labor every single day all day can take a toll on the body,
 
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Well- after growing up in NY- (the "southern tier" and Irondequoit (walking distance from Lake Ontario) and Toledo Ohio, then Northern Wisconsin, (and owning Ice Skates and a Ski Doo -my first gas-guzzler), and then westicating to Washington and Oregon- Well, chasing fish under the ice is cool, skating on the roads during an ice storm, a grove of Birches with the Northern Lights overhead, to an ice storm in Oregon with everything sparkling... to having mild weather to prune the fruit trees (haven't had leaf drop on the fig trees yet)  I do like being able to work outside w/o dehydrating too fast to carry enough water is appreciated! That's top of my list...
 
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more rest and by-the-woodstove time (maybe with a pot of twig tea on the go)
but also more time to do some heavy-labor jobs without sweating to death
more soups!
working on making food out of all the fall bounty

and then a bit later on in the winter, syrup season.
 
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