We just spent a week up in the Adirondacks. Every day was a clean slate, with absolutely nothing on the to-do list. It was sublime.
Compare this to the responsibilities of running the farm and it’s quite comical, really. Because then, we had to come home. And come home, we did…to a new litter of piglets that surprised us all and came a couple days early. To chickens that needed processing and the big herd of pigs, which needed to be rotated onto new pasture. And to 10+ acres of pasture that needed mowing…
One thing I always gain from stepping away from something I care deeply about is perspective. And there are a few things I think we can see more clearly today, than we could 2 weeks ago. Here are the top 3:
1. The farm is finally at a place where we can step away for a few days and everything will be ok. That is a relief. And it’s also a sign that our hard work is paying off.
2. We need to keep exploring ways to lighten the load, so that we can keep doing this work for the next 30 years.
3. We love getting away…but being at our farm with our animals is our happy place. There is truly no place else on earth we’d rather be.
Your Farmers,
Jenney and Greg