05/31/2026
The Year On Stone Hollow Farm. "May dulls the memory of winter and confirms that summer is at hand". MDK. The May clock is about to expire. The list of spring chores is long, but favorable weather allows a good portion accomplished. The sheep have been separated male and female and are out on rotating pastures. The barn swallows have returned. They don't care to share quarters with Livestock Guardians Rafferty and Murphy on the ground level of the four story barn. They build their muddy nests on the sturdy beams of the third floor. The ground has been saturated with spring rain but finally fences in the summer pasture are repaired after strong winter winds, grape vines and wayward deer had taken their toll. The back gate was opened and our horses Molly, Gypsy and Roland are enjoying warm days in wide space on green grass. May is the month to dig holes. Fence posts, gates and gardens before the June sun hardens the ground. Falling into bed as the sun sets and prioritizing the next work day is a May through every day at Stone Hollow Farm . Each new day dawns and sets and the rest is left to the turn of the day.