Its March and Im sure most of you are looking forward to the snow being gone and temperatures edging up. Ive started my first seeds for the season and am looking forward to a great year. Farmers put in several months of planning for each season only to realize, come the beginning of the season, Life happens. Weather doesnt cooperate, seeds didnt show up or were back ordered, the labor you were counting didnt come through or a myriad of other confounding reasons. So, you ask, why do you do it? I cant speak for others but I find a sense of joy and fulfillment in, not only having the privilege to provide friends and neighbors with a healthy alternative to weeks old store bought produce, but to achieve this, in an area with one of the shortest growing seasons in the continental US. I also can relate with this quote from Aldo Leopold “There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.” Amen. There’s been a trend, in rural America especially, to get back to small farm, locally grown, nutritious produce. Thomas Jefferson said (to John Jay) Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands. When he made this statement a great majority of citizens survived by what they raised on their own or collectively as a community. He hit the nail on the head, so to speak. We must get back to our roots and work together as a community. As many of you that attempt small gardens every year know, theres something about pulling up the rich, loamy earth and running it through your fingers (which is still a couple of months away for some of us). Biting into that rich ripe tomato or other freshly picked variety, knowing the work and love you put into it. Go to the links below for CSA Community Supported Agriculture information for anyone interested in sharing in the bounty this year. Look forward to hearing from you. Blessings, Gregg jcnfarms/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CSA-Sign-up-Sheet-2014.pdf jcnfarms/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CSA-Workshare-Sign-up-Sheet-2014.pdf
Posted on: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 16:13:08 +0000
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