I am so excited because spring is here!

I can see snow mold everywhere that the snow has melted, there are huge puddles of water and enormous amounts of runoff, and the beach is open for travel!

Spring also has a downside though. Our beach access has nearly completely washed out and we can no longer get up the bluff. Just check out how much ground the water has washed out in one day!

For a while we had a three foot waterfall, but we managed to divert most of the water for now. This is going to require a lot of work to fix, and probably more mechanical concrete. The water also washed out unbroken antique bottles to add to my collection, so there was a tiny upside to the damage.

The cabin is also absolutely stuffed with plants! Corn, squash, fruit trees, peas, beans, cucumbers and herbs. Not to mention potatoes waiting to be planted and mushrooms growing in bags.

And just look at this beautiful sunset, after 9pm in April!

I’m so excited for all of our summer projects to start soon. We’ll be taking out some trees, installing solar panels, fixing the beach access, moving the garage back off the bluff, and making a second try at getting a well in. Not to mention finally finishing installing the windows and the rest of the roof! We also need to plant the garden and find places for all of the permaculture food forest we are putting in. Its a lot, and summer here is so short! We have a 90 day growing season without greenhouses or row covers, so the second the ground is warm enough we have to move fast to get things in.

If we get everything else done we might even get to a wind turbine and a pole barn to park vehicles in.

Here’s to spring, and the seasonal SAD’s finally going away!