Sitting in October of 2020, it feels like a lot. Even so far, it was a *lot* of a year. Reflecting back, we have a lot to be thankful for. It was a good year for us. Really. Despite the chaos in the world, we’re thriving. I almost feel guilty typing it, but it’s true.
Jackie is 6 weeks from her due date with incoming ‘baby Forman.’ She’s reached the phase of pregnancy where everything — mental and physical — is hard, but nothing out-of-the-ordinary has gone on, she’s had a totally normal pregnancy with the baby registering as exactly average size on every scan and ultrasound. What a blessing ‘totally normal’ is.
We’re having work done on our house, with the plan to expand it. We had some delays and some more delays, and we had to break the work up into two parts: siding and winter-proofing the house now and expanding the living room (including a new upstairs new master bedroom and basement mancave) in the spring. Despite the letdown of not having the house bigger for the arrival of the baby, we’re grateful to be able to afford to improve and expand our home at a time so fraught with challenges. More blessings, more gratitude.
The farm season was an enormous success, with the blueberry U-Pick being both fun and profitable. We looked forward to seeing all the families out blowing off their lock-down steam and enjoying the simple, primal joy of foraging for food. The market stand was good, I learned a lot about what people wanted in terms of rounding out their own garden’s production. I especially liked watching the toddlers just shove handful after handful of berries — totally innocently and unapologetically — into their mouths, while there parents fretted and demanded they pay me extra. (Which I think I always declined. Toddler crop loss was priced in.)
It was lovely to meet so many people, and I hope to see you all again for another U-Pick season next year.
Looking ahead to 2021 season, we will be offering some additional products, including farm fresh eggs, pastured chicken, strawberries, and hopefully, many many more pints of blueberries. With the hope that we see an easing of lock-down restrictions and the abatement of the COVID-19 crisis, we hope to see even more people come visit us next year!
I hope you and your family weathers all the storms that have been and will ever be,
Warmest Regards,
Farmer Dave, Jackie, Kurosh and baby Forman.