The Market is Open

Today is the last day to file your taxes! I know you are asking, “What does that have to do with local food”? Well in reality not much, but for this farmer, it means that I am almost done with my off farm job and I can go back to full time farming.
In all honesty I probably should not have worked this year, but the financial demands of farming are weighing heavy on me. This is my dream, and my kiddos and husband and have been willing participants in this dream. But, there are days, when farming is hard. The days when an animal dies, or a crop is destroyed that the uncertainty of farming becomes a reality. When I took this job in October of last year, I was feeling just that – uncertainty. Can I really do this and make a profit? Even more importantly- can I do this alone, as my kiddos get older and are heading out for their own lives?
Oh yea of little faith – keeps running through my head. I guess I lost that faith momentarily. It is hard farming! It is a challenge EACH and EVERY day. It is what I love about it, something new and vibrant everyday. I guess it took being off the farm for me to realize that I have to stay the course, have faith and believe in myself and the dream.
I have five more days of tax duty and then I will be back full time. I miss seeing ya’ll at the farmers market.
See you soon,
Angela