Humble Pie Farm

And so it goes...friends and family, littles and big ones, came on Saturday with chainsaws and gloves in hand to clean up and harvest and get ready for a new week. And here we are in the middle of it. 

We found out that we had 6 confirmed tornadoes and straight line winds in our area. We came out pretty well, with no structural or people damage. Our neighbors lost barns and roofs along with an assortment of trees, etc. Our county park down the road is still closed for clean-up.

 Molly climbed the maple and Susan hoisted up a sawzall so she could cut off the remaining connected edge of the limb. She did and we pulled it out carefully, because tree limbs are very, very heavy. Craig cut up the tree on the fence line and Breckin helped stack it neatly. We have a lot of wood for campfires. And a good space left in the maple for a tree house. 

Gabey kept us in smiles and high fives. Susan, bearer of the chainsaw, has been an invaluable help this week on multiple days this week. She is a shower-upper. We just love her. 

Molly gave some super high swing pushes. So high that when I was pushing my son after she left he said "No mom, super high, like Molly!"

Could I get these goofball cousins all in one place along the banister? You can see I could not.

On Monday we were back at it in full force. Oma had a family commitment and couldn't come, so we tag-teamed with the boy. He doesn't love this at all. :)

Then a friend came for some kiddie pool time and ice cream and good pack shed sweeping.

And another friend made her way back to the pack shed with some ooos and ahs, and beautiful bouquets and dancing of course.

So the moral of the story is, life can be crazy and you never know what's around the corner (like tornadoes and straight-line winds), but your peeps who show up and pick you up and dust you off and make you laugh make all the difference. 

Family farming has its challenges, but the relationships and community built in the process are gold. We're so fortunate and thankful for all y'all.

And then there are the flowers. They'll keep coming. Nature is so resilient. We do have a sunflower shortage at the end of this week, and our plant babies that would bloom later in August suffered last week, so we anticipate a possible shortage then. We'll do our best to keep you informed in a timely way. 

And as always, thank you, thank you a million times for supporting our family farm.

xo
J,M+E