farm life

The Moose are finding a lot of fresh greens to eat down in the woods that surround the farm. This one, a bull has just the beginnings of this years antlers. They drop, and grow new ones each year.



I have found the tractor path through the woods to the carrot field to be very handsome this time of year, with lots of fresh ferns, horsetails and grasses.



Oak Ferns form blankets of green, covering the once barren forest floor around the fields. The ferns can be crushed and used as a mosquito repellent and it is also said to sooth mosquito bites. I have yet to try either.


Cow Moose with her twin babys, outside the carrot field.



Campsite up the base of Matanuska.



Potlucks on the front porch of the farmhouse never disappoint.





It has been a wonderful time to see the fresh life of this growing season groing up through the dried up remains of last year.



Carrot Field, 1/2 planted, the other will be tilled and seeded with a annual rye. This is done to get nutrients like nitrogen back into the soil. They will be cut and tilled into the field several times throughout the summer.


Daveen reading outside her cabin.



Midnight walks, the moose and I.



Pioneer Peak at "night."