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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
A shift in focus
Hmmm....it gets harder to be a "farmer" when you have to be a teacher again. I did plant some wheatgrass seeds today, and we tried to pick blackberries and apples, but the blackberries need to dry out and the apples aren't quite ready yet. We did harvest some potatoes and carrots - the purple kind, even. They are actually orange inside. I was hoping they would be purple through and through, but they are still good carrots - proabably our best ever, actually. I think potatoes shall be our new rice. Potatoes are good for you, right?
Sometimes I get a little ahead of myself and I just want the farm to be done already - trees planted, full grown and healthy; greenhouses built and filled with sprouting seeds; old pool aqua gardens complete with fish and food; willow fences 8 feet tall sturdily keeping out those pesky deer; I could go on and on.... In my head I know that these things take time, and that the joy is in the journey, and yet I let myself get discouraged. What kind of "farmer" has to buy zucchini at the farmer's market???
Other times I feel proud of how far we have come and of the direction we are heading. It's funny what times of transition can do to a person's outlook. In a few more weeks, it will be fall. I love fall. I'll be used to having to work again. The apples will be ready. The blackberries will have dried out. Maybe our corn will even have kernels. Yoga class will start up again. In the meantime, I'm going to get to bed on time, not take life too seriously, and appreciate the present. :)
Tonight, Paul and I tried to imagine what the world would be like if it wasn't tilted like it is. Can you imagine no seasons? Kind of wild, huh?
Sometimes I get a little ahead of myself and I just want the farm to be done already - trees planted, full grown and healthy; greenhouses built and filled with sprouting seeds; old pool aqua gardens complete with fish and food; willow fences 8 feet tall sturdily keeping out those pesky deer; I could go on and on.... In my head I know that these things take time, and that the joy is in the journey, and yet I let myself get discouraged. What kind of "farmer" has to buy zucchini at the farmer's market???
Other times I feel proud of how far we have come and of the direction we are heading. It's funny what times of transition can do to a person's outlook. In a few more weeks, it will be fall. I love fall. I'll be used to having to work again. The apples will be ready. The blackberries will have dried out. Maybe our corn will even have kernels. Yoga class will start up again. In the meantime, I'm going to get to bed on time, not take life too seriously, and appreciate the present. :)
Tonight, Paul and I tried to imagine what the world would be like if it wasn't tilted like it is. Can you imagine no seasons? Kind of wild, huh?
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