Farm Day
When The Missus told me that we would be going to my parents ‘for a little bit’ today I knew that it would be somewhat of an ordeal. It always is. As with anything that is good for me and that I actually end up being grateful for I groan, moan, complain and try to avoid doing it.
We got to my parents house and within a few minutes Dad and I were in the truck to gather a spring harrower to do some work. It was soon loaded, moved and attached to the tractor and we made quick work of the weeds along the border of the pasture. The horses neighed and watched as we labored. The cattle chewed their cuds from a distance.
I like doing farm work. I like that in a short period of time the results of your labor can be physically seen. I have a desire for that life style but the means to do it as I would like.
I want a hobby farm. Horses, cattle, chickens and goats (only because a couple of sisters have been slowly changing my mind about them). I want a garden large enough to meet the needs of my family with a little surplus to share with neighbors or sell at farmers markets on the weekends with the kids. I want fruit trees with a decomposed granite path weaving among them so that when the weather is warm and fruit is ripe I can walk there with my love and pull fruit fresh and crisp from the tree and enjoy the sweetness of life.
It’s just a dream. I make a very good living but it is demanding. While it would provide the financial means to give me this dream life it would not afford me the time to do the work that I, personally, would want to do.
I think I may just move in with Taiss. Maybe he could use a ranch hand.