05/11/2025
Colder weather is great and all, but it is far, far from a restful season.
Michigan's late fall and winter season has grown increasingly warm (no comment from conspiracy theorist me), which has been great to get things squared away outside without all my heavy Carhartt gear on, so that is a perk......but it's another story when your body is attuned to the biologically ingrained flow of the seasons.
I like to degrade myself to a glorified animal that stresses out to make money. It's true. When the garden is closed, and the usual channels of income are past, my mind goes into overdrive to think miles ahead of where I am currently. It's the role of any self-employed peep. To be fair, living at home with a safety net is God's Sovereignty, but I feel the need to impose stress on myself to prep myself for the day I have to 100% support myself.
On these warmer days, I'd love to find a myriad of things to do. Not sit in the barn and divide a bajillion tubers. This is something I am teaching myself to sacrifice because you know what? I do need to be well prepared, and I do need to make money. Plain and simple.
The easy part of this whole vocation is the Summer, when everything is OUTSIDE. Literally and figuratively. But these months are for all the inner work. The preparation and the need to stay miles ahead so that I am not side swiped by lack of diligence.
Digging up dahlias, lugging crates of tuber clumps, sitting and straining my eyes, neck and back wouldn't be so bad, but like I said earlier, my body knows that the season should be slower. Oh, the joys of being a human, huh? I am not complaining. Some things need to be stated as they are, you know? Also, so that when these beautiful tubers come for sale in the Spring, peeps don't freak over the price because this is an intensive item to offer.
So, there. You've entered into my mind for a split moment, to enjoy my current stage of life and business. Lord-willing, I am cultivating a corner of life that displays the world how I see it, if you are here for that, I will do my best to be faithful in this ministry