Gearing up for Spring...

I have been working hard in my greenhouse. I absolutely LOVE spending time out there! I keep buying seeds, seed trays, clear domes and seed starting pots. I purchased enough to plant another 720 plants last night! 😀 Here are a few pics!

These are our chocolate tomatoes! So tasty!

My seed trays I purchased last night to plant! 

A few other seeds planted.

One of our newest additions to the farm!

So cute! They were laying in the sunshine Friday morning.

Farm work is beginning to pick up! Babies are being born, plants are being started and Winter clean-up has begun. Now, it's time to get ready for Spring! 

Why???

So, after getting our taxes done by a great tax preparer, I had a scary thought, but I kept it to myself. It was one of those thoughts that you just don't want to voice, because you're afraid of the answer. After a few days of it rolling around inside my head, in a quiet moment in the field with My Farmer, out it came. 

We were looking at one of our ponds and discovered the dam broke. Water was gushing out as fast as the underground spring is flowing into it. It was a heavy hearted moment. It was a moment that just gets you down. Having a dam repaired is VERY expensive and we just did it two years ago. 

So, out came my thought. I looked at him and said, "Do you ever wonder why?" My Farmer responded with, "Why do we farm? Why do we do this? Why do we continue to lose money every single year by farming?" I looked at him with a tear in my eye and shook my head yes. He simply held me, took a deep breath and said, "I don't know." I looked up at him and said, "Because I love it." "Me too," he responded.

I love to see my cows, each with their own unique personality, in our fields. I love to see them graze in the pastures that we work so hard to keep mowed down and weed free for them. I love the smell of the fresh grass, the hay, the ponds, the cows, the diesel fuel exhaust from the tractor. I feel more centered and at peace in my fields. Even if I'm working hard, I'm centered, I'm grounded, I'm needed and I'm appreciated, (even if it is the cows that appreciate me.) ;-)

So, even though our tax preparer advised us to raise our prices, I'm not sure I can. We are actually working harder than ever on this farm. It is pretty much a full time job. We are going to continue to work hard, grow our business and pray. Pray for the right decisions for our farm, continued growth of our farm and the perseverance to work hard.