Never a Dull Moment

Reader Contribution by Laura Berlage and North Star Homestead Farms
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A rainbow makes an appearance at the farm just after a recent storm.  Weather is often a farm event provoker (or crasher), but it’s not the only player!  Photo by Kara Berlage.

If you’re one of those folks who has your day planned down to the quarter-hour, keeps a tidy “to-do” list at hand, and likes to plan well in advance (and stick to it), then homestead farming might not be for you.

I do keep a “to-do” list, when I can remember where I put it.  Something (often multiple things) get done every day…they’re just not always what’s on the list.  So I take my que from a Joel Salatin trick and write it on the list and cross it off!  At least it helps me feel better about the day’s accomplishments.  That item should have been on the list anyway, right?

While other fields certainly have their hiccups, farming inherently is full of surprises, last-minute changes, unpredictability, and a large amount of variables that necessitate the need to change your plans at a second’s notice in order to avoid disaster (or do your best at cleaning up after one).  “Never a dull moment!” I often hear from folks after explaining the week’s happenings.  That was even more the case with this week!

Unpredictability!

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