07/14/2022
A Long Overdue Farm Update for you:
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance. A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and a time to turn away. A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away. A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak. A time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
We have prayed, planned, learned, failed, succeeded, cried, laughed and the harvest was abundant and more than just flowers here at Fifth Season Farm. We have had the privilege to meet, rejoice and grieve with so many; through flowers. Our own relationships were strengthened and roots deepened throughout our growing seasons here at our Weatherford Farm. Our flowers have traveled and blessed many in other states and right here at home and we have been so honored to look upon and be a part of all that the Lord has done.
We were faced with a different challenge as we were literally planting for our 2022 spring harvest, in late summer of 2021. As we were planting, Chelsea had her first seizure-like episode out in the field and it was a scary unknown to say the least. She had another in her home, as she was already in the process of undergoing many tests to find out what was going on. She wasn’t able to drive for many months and consistently driving out to the farm was not feasible. Chelsea has not had more episodes, thank the Lord, and tests came back inconclusive. During that time at home she planted and grew and has blessed others with her flowers. We have seen the Lord’s light in the darkness.
Around the same time, Summer’s dad was officially diagnosed with Alzheimers and by December 2021, he began a rapid decline, making it necessary for Summer to move to the family farm in northeastern Oklahoma to help her mom take care of him. She began seeds, started a big plot with flowers and vegetables and we have tasted and seen the Lord’s goodness in times of trouble.
This has been our season: filled with weeds and challenges, sorrow and gladness. But it turns out the beauty is more pronounced in the thick of things and blessings seem so clear as God’s grace and mercy are ever present and seemingly more obvious in such times as this. We have sought the Lord and found Him in all the things…
So all of that said, Fifth Season Farm has not been able to provide you with flowers this spring and summer and the upcoming seasons are a great unknown to us. What we do know is that God is good. He is our ever present help in times of trouble and His joy is our strength.
Thank you for being a part of our journey. We will keep you posted. If you have any questions in regards to your own growing, we’d love to try and answer them for you.
Happy Growing-
Chelsea and Summer
Fifth Season Farm, TX