A Good Reminder

Isn’t my mom an amazing flower gardener?  Too pretty not to share.  And there’s more of them in all different colors all around the yard.

I was reminded today(last Saturday), once again, of how blessed we are to be here.  How spoiled we are to live in a nice house, on a beautiful farm.  We’re here strictly as renters but we have the added bonus that maybe we’ll some day inherit a portion of the farm.  Maybe all this hard work to improve the soil and expand the garden and build fence will be something we’ll get to enjoy long term.  Then again, maybe not.  Like anything in life, it’s a gamble.

Farming’s a hard business to get started in.  Some friends of ours are a few years into their farm and are faced with a tractor that isn’t working, raccoons that are outsmarting their efforts to protect their chickens, a truck in poor shape and a lease that isn’t being renewed.  Any improvements in soil health as a result of their grazing efforts will be left behind.  Thankfully in this game, most of the infrastructure is portable.  But it’s still a big pain to move animals and supplies in addition to personal household belongings.  Not to mention finding a new place to rent that meets their needs.

Another farming friend has also had raccoon issues.  She works a full time non-farming job and has to travel from her house in town out to her farm twice a day.  I’m sure late nights and early mornings are more common for her than they are for us.  She owns her land but it’s still not an easy task to keep everything going smoothly.

We have so much to be thankful for.  Good health.  A sweet rental situation.  A car that has another 150K miles left on it…ahem.  Generous customers and neighbors.  Good food to give us energy for long and busy days.  Wonderful neighbors.  Google.  No joke.  I don’t know where we would be without Google.

On our longest and hardest days I try to remember that it could be FAR worse.  Then I buckle down and keep going until everything is done so that I can enjoy my wonderful bed.  Thank you Costco for my wonderful mattress.  Probably not made in the USA, but I’m keeping it as long as I can.

Peace out ya’ll.  We have ground lamb, breakfast sausage, Italian sausage and stew meat back in stock.  Just need to get an updated price list printed.  Come see us and all the pretty flowers.  Customers are always welcome to wander through the garden and around the yard or go see the animals.  Just check in with us first if you plan to wander beyond the yard.

The Farmer’s Wife

July 16, 2016 by psessen Leave a comment