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We still have some kale, microgreens, and Swiss chard available this week. Pretty soon we’ll have more exciting produce to offer as we get into the growing season. I can’t wait!

Today you can definitely feel spring on its way. Whenever we get weather like this in late winter, I get so invigorated, and then distracted, dreaming about my garden. But my husband worries and frets about the trees, always proclaiming, “It’ll snow in April, it always does, just wait and see…” The crocuses ignore him as they pop up, optimistic and premature.

I’ve spent many a spring night out in our yard covering trees and hitting ice off the branches before they break from the weight, and my yard is less than an acre in size. Can you envision the work and worrying that our real farmers must do around this time? But to stay connected to the outdoors and the seasons and the earth’s cycles is so energizing and life-affirming that I imagine it’s one of the reasons farmers do what they do. I’m guessing another reason is that they feel a connection and therefore responsibility towards the earth. There is a popular quote about farmers that I love…“God looked down on his planned paradise and said, I need a caretaker – So God made a farmer.” Farmers are caretakers of our precious earth – what an awesome job description!

-Erin

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