April was a whirlwind of activity, but we got a LOT done. April is when our flower farming season officially opens to the public, so I was harvesting and selling bouquets by the last third or so of the month. When harvesting starts to collide with all the usual spring craziness of planting and prepping …
March was a blur, wasn’t it? Between all of us coming down with the flu, which lasted for multiple weeks for each one of us, we also were using every spare second that we weren’t sick or otherwise engaged working on flower farm tasks since spring is the season that’s by far the busiest. Our …
February ended up being exactly what I needed, at least the last half of the month. After I found out about my missed miscarriage and had the D&C procedure done, I definitely had an active grieving period when I felt down and cried quite a bit. Once I started physically feeling better again–for the first …
Note: I just wanted to say a warm thank you to the outpouring of love, prayers, and support you have showed us since my last post. Going through a loss is never easy, but we are so grateful to have so many good people in our lives. Oof. Even though I struggle with January every …
After having a slow, (mostly) restful last week of the year, we’re ready to hit the ground running in the new year! We have a ton of stuff that needs to happen this month — largely with the flower farm — which I’m actually pretty excited about because I think that keeping busy will help …
A few months ago, I naively thought that once the growing season was over, I wouldn’t have that much I needed to do with the flower farm. WRONG. In fact, I now know that throughout the year, there really is only a single month that’s going to not have much (if anything) to do with …
I feel like this whole last month got away from me without much to show for it in the way of completed tasks. However, we did do some really fun things together as a family and created some great memories–like attending a few Halloween parties and fall events, taking the kids to a nearby national …
It is officially fall around here, both shown by the calendar AND by what you can see outside — we woke up to a layer of frost on the flower farm this morning, and the huge trees in our front yard are turning gold. The chickens’ egg production seems to be slightly tapering down, and …
