A New St. Patrick's Day Tradition?

Growing up, I heard my parents and grandparents talk of planting peas and potatoes on St. Patrick's Day. As a young adult, I spent many St. Patrick's Days in bars listening to my favorate Irish band, Fannigan's Isle. Today, I spent it in a pasture, with a Border collie and sheep. Standing in sunshine among shaggy sheep, bits of green grass, and, yes, still some mud, I thought this is not such a bad way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.