Bloom Where You're Planted Farm

Its been about ten days since my last blog, and BOY it has been quite the ten days!  On August 10th, Terry, whose "real" job is as a remodeling contractor, had an accident with an air-powered nail gun.  A finishing nail ricocheted out of the baseboard he was attaching and hit him in the left eye.  We went to the emergency room, and two eye surgeries and multiple eye specialists' visits later, he is finally in recovery mode.  It was and remains quite an ordeal!  One effect of the injury was that a cataract developed.  The second surgery was to remove the cataract, but due to the other trauma in the eye the lens implant that is a usual part of cataract surgery won't be put in for a few months.  His vision in that eye will be permanently affected, but we won't know how well he'll see until after that lens implant surgery.

So many people have sent their prayers and good wishes.  The concern of our extended community has been heart-warming.  We have just over four weeks until our pumpkin season opens, so we'll be relying even more heavily on the help of our family and friends.  Luckily, we've been working diligently all summer in an effort to avoid a major last-minute rush.  So, we're in much better shape than we could be!

The pumpkins are growing like mad and some are even starting to ripen.  The weather today is clear and crisp and feels like it could be early October.  We're looking forward to getting "back to normal" and are excited for opening day!