Winter is here. The calendar said so today, but I've known it for a few weeks now. Since it has been below freezing for most days of the last two weeks. In spite of winter, Evelyne and I had a great afternoon in the greenhouse transplanting lettuce. It should be ready to eat in another month. The spinach we transplanted earlier is looking really great. We have had to turn the heater on overnight. With the added heat the greenhouse stays above 40 degrees even with the temps dropping below zero. I think it was well worth the aggravation and expense of getting it ready to be used. The cats are always jealous when we are in the greenhouse. They sneak in the door with us whenever they can, but when we shut them out they climb on the roof which is a real challenge unless they stay on the wooden rafters. It doesn't seem to bother them too much when they slide off and slam into the ground. The chickens have slacked off and aren't contributing as much to the table and farm income as this summer, but we are still managing to have enough for ourselves and get our regular customers their eggs, but we do sometimes have to limit them to only 2 dozen at a time. I feel sorry for the creatures in this cold weather, but they all have nice shelters to get out of the wind and keep dry. We may have made a fatal error with the cookies we made for them last week. They EXPECT cookies every time we approach them now. Spoiled, aren't they? Aunt Jo