Winter
The calm after the storm... and apparently before the next one too
Greetings from Northwest Montana , where we’ve had an entire winter’s worth of snow and frigid in just 4 weeks. I’ve included a photo so that you can get a visual - see that bump in the yard? That’s a picnic table! See how the snow is about up to the table? Eeek! The first half of our winter was pretty mild - we had a White Christmas, but just barely. Our temps hovered between the high 20’s - 40’s for most of November - January. I know that sounds super cold, but it’s not. To give you some perspective, we were in San Diego one fall about 5 years ago for a delivery. Remember when we used to deliver? We miss those days - not the total chaos that our lives were, but we truly miss seeing you all face-to-face! So, that fall, it was 40 degrees in SD for a few days and we froze our tails (and other parts) off. Of course, it was negative 18 here in Kalispell during that time, and so we were thankful to be “freezing”, figuratively, in CA rather than freezing, literally, in MT! All that to say, 40 degrees in Southern CA, because of the moisture in the air, is not the same as 40 degrees in MT…..YOUR 40 degrees is COLD…our 40 degrees is picnic weather (well….not quite, but you get the picture). So, the first half of winter meant picnic weather and clear roads (hallelujah!), and I was thankful. But then, January 23rd showed up and we got a whopping 16” overnight….and the snow just keeps coming. Last night, there wasn’t snow in the forecast and then it started snowing and they declared a severe winter storm warning with an “emergency travel only” declaration. What the heck? We are all done….but, alas, we are not apparently. All I know is that I’m thankful this didn’t happen in December, because I would have been in the depths of despair imagining what the next few months would have been like. As it stands currently, though, we have no idea WHERE we will put the rest of the snow being forecasted for the next couple of weeks, we do know that winter won’t be here forever and that spring is just around the proverbial, albeit somewhat long and winding, corner. We take heart in knowing that all this snow will aid in producing our amazing nutrient dense grass, exclusive to the Eastern Front of Montana, which is instrumental in raising the nation’s happiest and healthiest animals for your table. I know where you think happy cows come from…..that was a nice ad campaign, but I beg to differ!
Knowing that spring will indeed arrive…. we will start taking orders on 10th for our spring harvest.
Until then, we have some items remaining, and if you are needing some beautiful grass fed, grass finished, free range, clean bison, beef, or lamb before we start shipping again in June - now’s the time to order.
On a really cheerful note, did you know that 2 of our country’s worst blizzards occurred on March 11 - 12?? Yeah, I’m trying to ignore that too.