So. A new season, and we begin again. New
hopes. New ideas. New goals. We’ve enjoyed our winter respite, including a
getaway to Hawaii, but feel again that sense of enthusiasm rising in us like
the first pioneer plants now rising in our soil, harbingers of the 2013 that
will see this land flourish anew.
We’ve set to it: Dawn planted her first
seed flats two days ago. Onions get the first nod. They are presently sitting happy
in a 21 C. propagation room. Paul began cleaning and repairing tools, and
fretting about the weathered signage that needs to be redone. Yesterday,
beneath crystal blue skies, we spent a few hours at the Holland property,
uprooting the vestiges of broccoli and cabbage plants, weeding, preparing the
first beds. Dawn was buoyant, a kid at a carnival. Paul was contemplative, a
rewarding quiet. Both were thankful. It is true: Farming is not easy, and it
does not pay well. But our hands touch the earth, and our hearts, well, they
are lifted up.
We have strong hopes. The bounty of this
amazing Earth will spill into all our lives…and our stomachs too!
Paul
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