Bloom Where You're Planted Farm

Yesterday I put together my first farm to-do list of the year.  There are still almost seven months until pumpkin patch time, but since Terry and I both have "real" jobs off the farm, we need to be ready to get to work at the first sign of spring.  Ideally we want to get as much done as we can before the heat and humidity of summer sets in.  However, that doesn't usually happen and we end up doing our hardest work in sweltering July and August.  Still, every new year is a new opportunity and we pledge "This year it will be different!"  Maybe this is the year...

Last year it was as bad as it could ever be (we hope).  We had a century old one-room schoolhouse moved here in mid-April.  We (and I use this term loosely, as Terry did over 80% of the work!) poured cement, built a foundation, tore off old siding, repaired and painted the original siding, put on a new roof, repaired and restored the windows and interior, built a new bathroom, installed four new doors, built two porches, and landscaped around the building.  All this in addition to the work of planting, weeding and harvesting the pumpkins and the other pre-opening day tasks nearly did us in.

This year's list is less ambitious.  Besides for the planting and care of the pumpkins it includes painting some outbuildings, doing more work on the schoolhouse including building a bell tower and a concession kitchen, and building a wagon for the hayrack rides we hope to add this season.  There's still plenty to do, and I'm sure the list will be added to as time goes on, but we wouldn't have it any other way!