I wish I had brought my rosemary plants indoors before we had so many freezes and thaws. The plants were looking very happy and green even in the dead of winter, but with the huge swings in temperatures that we have had ranging from single digits to almost seventy degrees then back into the twenties in the past four weeks, the plants are beginning to take on more of a dingy gray color....like dried rosemary. I fear it is too late now.
The groundhog has already predicted an early Spring. Mardi Gras is tomorrow.....and Valentine's Day is this week. Looking at the calendar, in less than thirty days, Daylight Savings Time begins. Farmers will be planning their spring planting and hoping the soils warm up early.
Easter this year is March 31. How many of you are planning to have a roast leg of lamb from Homer Village Market? Please do not wait until the week before Easter to shop for your roast. We remember last year many requests came in for legs of lamb all at once, and not everyone could have exactly what they wanted. So we have tried to plan ahead to have more roasts available this year. We have more boneless roasts this time, but also some with bone. We also have just a couple of loin roasts (rather than having the loin chops cut into individual chops). For the smaller families, we have a few half-leg roasts. I hope that you will find what you like for your special holiday meal this year!
