It’s been a busy week here at the farm as I concentrated on getting the drop down sides put up on my winter high tunnel. I know that one of these days old man winter is going to show up for real and that lettuce, spinach, carrots, and kale are going to appreciate me being able to stop that winter wind from blowing across them. Because this high tunnel did not have 5 foot sidewalls I had moved my hip board up on the bows to allow the summer time heat to get out. Because of this my curtain had to pull up at an angle which it really wasn’t designed to do. However it seems like it is going to work really well. If someone reads this newsletter that is considering a high tunnel and is considering roll up or drop down sides I would definitely recommend the drop down sides. This will be our first winter we have gone into with the high tunnel complete and the crops up where they should be so I am anxious to see how the winter goes as far as harvest goes.
This week is Thanksgiving and I hope everyone has a wonderful one. I am afraid we as a society have generally become very unthankful and that is unfortunate because we truly are blessed. As many of you know we have battled a rare illness most of our married life and I have been guilty sometimes of wondering what I have to be thankful for. Always however when I took an honest look at our life we had so much to be thankful for. We had a Saviour who loves us and blessed us with wonderful families. The fact that we are citizens of this wonderful nation and the great state ofMissouri. The freedom that each of us have to pursue our dreams and worship as we please. The fact that even the poorest of us are still better off than most of the world. And even though we are entering into an election year which most of us are not thankful for, we can at least be thankful that we have the freedom to change governments by the process of free and mostly fair elections instead of revolution and war as is the case in many areas of the world. So even if you are going through a trial that you are having trouble being thankful for I hope you will be able to at least be thankful that you get to go through it in what I think is the greatest nation on earth.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and I’m thankful that some of you will be serving the food I was able to grow for you on this Thanksgiving. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Your friend in farming bringing you food with integrity
