2020

2020: You              . (Insert whatever descriptive word that comes to mind.) For me, it's a few swear words that I won't mention. When the swearing dies down, I think of it like I would my own child. It was challenging, it tested our patience, it made us cry but it also brought great joy in sweet little things. It also brought great strength that we didn't know we had.

This was our 2020 year:

January: We built a greenhouse from scrap material. We started our first Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) which was a subscription for pork and chicken. 

February: We grew and harvested lettuce and broccoli sprouts. 

March: 75 Red Ranger chicks were made comfortable in the greenhouse to protect them from the cold. 

Our first and second grader were adjusting to homeschooling. 

April: We planted potatoes and onions in the garden and added a compost pile. Six Hampshire pigs arrived. They braved the April snow.  

May: We started our Saturday morning no contact pork and chicken deliveries. We continue to make those deliveries to our customers. 

June: We started our Farmer's Market season. Our first chicken egg that was incubated completely by a hen, hatched on Father's Day. We named him JJ, Jeff Jr. He is a beautiful rooster that crows every morning at 6am. (It's still dark outside JJ.) 

Our second grader made his first communion in a socially distanced masked mass. 

July: We expanded to more chickens and more pigs. 

The kids enjoyed running around, playing in mud, eating out of the garden, and petting the pigs and chickens. 

August: Deracho hit. We lost electricity for a week. Our family and friends helped us with whatever we needed. 

September: The kids started back to school in person. Jeff was permanently laid off, so I went back to work as a substitute teacher. 

October: Jeff shuttled the kids to and from school, played with our 4 and 2-year old, worked on beautiful cars, and was a gentleman farmer. 

November: We continued meat deliveries every Saturday morning. Jeff got a job with a local manufacturer. 

December: We made plans to expand in 2021 while we balanced working and child care.

2020: you may have been a doosey but we'll always remember you.