Fall Vacation
November 19th, 2008 | Andrew
Four Frog Farm | Uncategorized
I just returned from a great vacation. A week-long climbing trip in Bishop and Joshua Tree.
It had been a while, but on the trip, I don’t know if I thought about the farm more than a few times. Sad? Not really. It was just really nice to get away, incorporate other facets into my life. Balance, it dawned on me again and again this year, is key to surviving. Period.
That maxim holds for the farm. I know that we are created to be such good workers in this nation, and that’s what most of us do. We just work. Oh sure, we start out doing something sometimes because we like it, but then we get into the monotony of work, and bam, thirty years later it’s mid-life crisis time.
I am a fan of work. Yes. But, I can only sustain my work with a purpose, an intention behind my work. I struggle to find that purpose sometimes, but, I continually look to come back to my intention. It helps me.
Before farming, there was climbing for me. I spent the greater part of college climbing. When I moved back home, it became farming. In a twist of beatific fate, I realized the best time to climb in California is in the winter, and the best time to farm is every other part of the year!
I hope it’s all going well,
Andrew
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Great journal
I liked the post about the money, in my country people sometimes don’t realised how hard is this work, they just think that vegetables and fruits should be less expensive
It seems that everything’s going Ok Andrew
take care!
Well from looking at your garden on the back cover of PVFS, it brings excitement to begin a fresh start in my garden this year so i had to read more. And then i find your writings that are very enjoyable and quite funny…especially how huffing PVC might hurt your brain!! Anyway, how long have you been farming and how much help do you have? Just wondering how possible it all is to live as a farmer!! Is this your only income? Just a few questions I would love to hear about if you dont mind. Hope you have a great day and enjoy the winter! Thank you, Katie.
Hi guys, We are your neighbors on Moonshine Road. We would like to do an article on your farming adventures in the Camptonville Courier. Maybe get you some new customers or workers. Give us a holler if you are interested. E-mail above or 288-3550. Rod