Hello dear HPF supporters,
I"m feeling grateful this morning for the opportunity to do this work; for our strong bodies that just keep going, our tired minds that are often on auto-pilot these days, and our hearts that drive it all.
And for you all; your hearts and minds, that inspire you to choose products locally and sustainably-grown by people you know. The choice is not small. The ripples are wide.
We had a quote this week, on what it would take to install solar panels on our farm. We use a relative lot of electricity to power our greenhouses, and cooler, not to mention the dryer to wash all our very dirty clothes! Who knew the dryer took so much energy?! We're going to look into funding, but it's quite a bit of money up front.
Anyway, the great sales guy showed us these infographics with numbers attached on what we would save in energy and fossil fuels. (I'm a sucker for a good infographic!) It's amazing what the greater impact would be just by converting our little farm to solar. 65% of Excel's electricity is produced through coal-burning with coal from Wyoming. Between the travel and the coal-burning, it's pretty impressive what would be saved.
Every choice we all make for seemingly little changes in our day-to-day lives combine into big impacts. It's so cool.
It's been a wet week. It's supposed to dry out this weekend, and the flowers will appreciate that.
We've put out so many more flowers this year than ever before, and it's been awesome. But, with the time and energy put into that, we haven't been able to give our broccoli and watermelons the attention they need. Combined with the challenges of growing on 2-year transitioning farm land, it's really affected the quality and quantity of our produce this year. We're sorry for it. Every year is a learning experience, and it takes another year to adjust, make changes and grow again. Next year will be different.
This year has been about the flowers. Next year we'll give more attention to, and with improved soil, our produce will flourish too.
We thank you ever so much for your continued support! Have a great week!
xoxo
J,M+E
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