Fall and Winter 2010-2011 was relatively good for us at Berryridge Farm. We had some snow, beginning in mid-November. For Christmas dinner we tried our fist heritage turkey (above right) and we found it to be very tasty. It was raised locally on a farm a little NW of Lynden WA. With the turkey we enjoyed some homemade cranberry sauce and a bottle of 
Cranberry Wine, made by the Pasak (sp?) Cellars Winery in Mt. Vernon, WA. To make our Holiday Season more festive each year we place out a Seasonal Church scene, on the dining room table, to remind us to be thankful for the bounty we enjoy from the earth which sustains us and to the provendance that brought it all into being.
Cranberry Wine, made by the Pasak (sp?) Cellars Winery in Mt. Vernon, WA. To make our Holiday Season more festive each year we place out a Seasonal Church scene, on the dining room table, to remind us to be thankful for the bounty we enjoy from the earth which sustains us and to the provendance that brought it all into being. 
There was the usual period of cold temps and Northeaster Winds but I have to say that the Winter was not as bad as it was projected to be here, I can't say the same for other parts of the U.S., the East Coast for instance, seemed to have been slammed hard repeatedly. The first snow came in about mid-November and revisited numerous time, even into March.
During the Winter Sue and I did collect some windfall wood for next season's fuel supply and we attended to our Hens, who came though the coldest part of winter very well. Sadly, about mid-March, one of our Hens was killed by a Hawk. I was able to scare the Hawk away and I gave our "girl" a decent burial to enrich the ground from whence she came.
