Winter Maintenance

What an irony. I sit here writing this article as another major snowstorm is bearing down on us like a slow moving freight train. Watching the weather, it sounds like another five inches or so with moderate wind. The wind will be the key, I think. If it stays light, we won't get lot of drifting and the snow will stay where it lands. Otherwise, well, who knows? The second part of the irony is that I just checked the lavender field and it's still under nearly three feet of snow and ice. I'll just have to wait and see how it comes through the winter.

Maintenance is a task throughout the winter, t...