White Christmas

We don't need to worry about a white Christmas at Mulberry Grove Family Farm.  This time of year we are blessed with snow, and more snow is what we are about to get too.  We are running low on chicken feed so we had to run to get some more feed before Christmas and another bout of bad winter weather.  The bad weather was supposed to start yesterday but didn't so we made a break for it first thing in the morning.  We only use certified chemical free chicken feed, so we have to run about 60 miles for it.  Since we split our fuel costs with one of our friends who also uses the feed, 60 miles isn't too bad for good feed.  But as we traveled we started to run into freezing drizzle and icy roads.  Once we got over a ton of feed in the pickup we had more traction, but driving on ice is still nerve racking.  We dropped off half the feed at our friends and made it back to the farm in time for lunch.  After lunch we'll unload the feed and move it to the barn for the chickens and then we'll hunker down until the snow storm is over sometime right after Christmas.   The farm is beautiful this time of year with everything dressed in snow, but doing chores in it can be a challenge.  Our lane is about 1/4 miles long, so just keeping the lane passable can be a challenge as well.  One of our customers came by for eggs yesterday evening - just before I cleared the lane - and got stuck right in front of the house.  Some minor shoveling (done by the son in law or our customer) and a little pushing and they were free.  We really enjoy seeing our customers out at the farm.  Hopefully they didn't mind the full country experience...