For a good solid decade, I was seduced by the romanticism of agrarian life, convinced that if I left the big town and tucked into some good hard hay stacking, I’d get fit, find fulfillment, and play my part in saving civilization from itself by helping it to rediscover the joy of real food wrought from the land by the hands of someone the eater knows personally.
Read moreHow Shall I Compare Thee?
Enough time thinking leaves me feeling inadequate as a farmer. Whether it’s comparing my current progress to our last garden or those of CA and MS friends or other WA farmers with better setups than ours, it seems obvious we’re painfully behind.
Read moreWhat Is Profit?
1. noun: a financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent
2. verb : (that’s what’s happening!): obtain a financial advantage or benefit