2012 - THE YEAR WE BECOME FARMERS.
Yesterday, we had to leave our lovely little honeymoon farm. It was so hard to say goodbye to that wonderful place! But although we don't exactly have to get "back to the grind" like most people, Jesse and I DO have a lot of work to do in 2012. In some ways, we were putting off all of the serious planning, decision making, and other grown-up-type things until after the wedding and the holidays...so here we are!First order of business: SEEDS! It is officially seed catalog season! We came back yesterday to a pile of catalogs and went straight to work. After a few hours of perusing, we managed to order our garden for this year! It was a little bit surreal. Actually, a LOT of bit surreal! Sitting down and choosing the specific varieties of vegetables we will be growing made me realize that we are really doing this! We are going to grow these things, not just dream about it. They are in the mail, coming our way! I love looking at the long, organized list of seeds, thinking about the when and where and how for each different veggie, imagining Jesse and I sitting down eating these foods, in our own house. It is becoming real. Even though we haven't actually accomplished anything yet, I feel some small sense of satisfaction in this first, small step. I'm feeling pretty good about this year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We hope you have as much excitement and hope for the year as we do.
- Hannah.