Spring has most definitely sprung on the farm, typical warm
days and cool frosty mornings for this part of Oklahoma. Everything is going great
on the inside. I feel alive, rested and inspired, things couldn’t be better
that is except for: virtually no germination on the spinach beds, poor
germination on the beets and a rabbit or some critter has eaten ¼ of a bed of broccoli
and to top it off the tractor has been in the shop now for two weeks. I’m
officially behind. What does this mean? Mostly that I will miss an entire
succession of my spring plantings and go right to summer. It means spring will
be light and we’ll have to put more of our energy into summer and fall. But it
could be worse. I work hard on not
getting stuck in the problems.
Things come up, and when they do I have to decide right then
and there, how I’m going to spin this to myself. Am I going to blame, rant at
the sky, default to karma, or am I going to let things be as they are and try
to make the best out of an unfortunate occurrence. I’ve gone back and forth on it really. Some moments I handle things better than
others. This morning was one of those
times I was able to do pretty well, I decided to go for an early very brisk
walk and it helped. Half way through, an idea sprung into my head. I’ll
re-plant! Seems pretty obvious doesn’t it.
It’s not desirable but it’s a solution.
I’ll get
through it with long brisk walks and humor.
