Well, we had winter. Lots of winter. Like 2 feet of winter! Our power was out for the better part of a week, and we've had a bit of damage from the extremely heavy snow fall. I lost my lovely little sunroom on the side of the house where the grapes grow. This makes me sad. We didn't lose much of the grape vines, thankfully. And one of the old plum
trees lost a large branch. But it still looks really cool.
The snow has mostly melted now, and the garden is calling my name. I have two 80' beds to plant! Plus, TM says he'll build the next two beds in March. I'm not holding my breathe, but a girl can hope.

The indoor seed starting area will be set up in the corner of the living room this weekend, and the planting shall commence.
I've been a busy little bee on the computer lately. I have the pleasure of being Paul Wheaton's new VA (virtual assistant)! I'm pretty stoked about that, and have been busy learning the ropes. And there are a LOT of ropes to learn. But it will be worth it. Once I get rolling with this, and a few residual-income things, I'll be cutting back on the graphic design (which is how I've made my living for the last 17 years - 6 years freelance), and will be able to put much more time into my garden, and the property in general. What a relief. I'm so tired of spending my days and nights in front of the computer. I'd much rather be rolling around in the dirt in my garden.
I'll be posting a list of the seeds I'll be planting this year, and some of the little experiments I'll be doing this year. Fun!
Here are a few pictures of the place, and some of the damage that was done during our week of winter.