I gave birth to my son in July of the year we started Good Heart Farmstead. Needless to say, he was our best crop that season. He’s also unknowingly dictated our work schedule ever since. Being a farmer and a parent means balancing the needs of crops, customers, and children. And yourself, too — self-care …
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The clouds parted sometime in the night, and we woke yesterday morning to sun. In the midst of fall rains, the morning reprieve invited us outside for the perfect fall day, and we accepted, garlic seed in hand. I set to making furrows through composted beds while Waylon played on straw bales. When the …
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I recently asked my 4-year-old son what his favorite part of growing up on a farm is and he replied: “Playing in the soil. Eating carrots and spinach.” Of course, in full 4-year-old style, he acted each thing out charades-like before actually saying the words. (We introduced him to charades this winter, and it’s now …
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There’s a shortage of parents who tell children to eat their flowers. It’s always fruit and vegetables that get the glory of parental harping. (And even though my 3-year-old son is growing up on a farm, there are still a handful of vegetables we have to convince him to eat—these days it’s potatoes and cooked spinach). …
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“All knowledge is rooted in wonder, and what better place to cultivate wonder than in our own gardens?” ~Sharon Lovejoy I gave birth at the end of July 2013, bringing our baby boy into the world the same summer that we started the farm. Some folks thought it bad timing—a baby in the middle of our …
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