Welcoming in the new year with 97 wee peach sprouted pits! What a delightful way to head into 2025

This fall, i put my top 102 select peach pits out of hundreds of choices from five different Sib C that i started from gifted to me pits 6 winters ago.

Five were duds, 97 went though the cold stratification process and cracked their shells, today was the day they moved into the next stage of being potted up..

Over the next six to eight weeks, they will continue to grow, put out first leaves, then true leaves, in keeping with last time, between the duds and baby plant loss, i should or could lose upward of 20 percent before the next big pot up into their own one liter tall pots

Rainy finished her first leather projects from her very first self-processed doe hide, a handmade book and a tool leather roll carrying case, I am very sure both of these will be treasured by those gifted to them for many years to come!

Now that she has done her first hide into leather and learned a number of different things along the way, i am excited to see how her next leather hides go but for right now she is working on a good size buck hide, its about double the size of the doe hide and its prime winter coat.

We have had a warm weather snap, with a bit of rain and the ground water is moving, sump pump is a running and all the cleared pathways are down to green ago but the non-shoveled or plowed are still snow covered so far. Snow and cold are back on the menu this weekend. 

We took advantage of the weather and spent time outside and opened all the windows and aired out the house, which i tend to do daily anyway in winter, it might not be good for the heating bill but it helps me breath better and i have made a point all week to sit out in the fresh air for at least half a hour. 

This week, we gave out apples to the herd of two as we had Mr. Bojangles 8th Gotcha Day happen, we all continue to enjoy the horses, the soft nickers, the warm necks, the velvet muzzle that just has to get kisses.

I am sad that our mini holiday is over and it just flew by, Hubby is back to work tomorrow and so the new year indeed begins. Wishing you all the best! Happy New Year!