RIP Tucker |
We started drying off Rosie yesterday and instead of milking twice a day, we'll only milk once a day for a few days to bring her milk production down slowly. Cow's milk production is tied to demand. Lower demand = lower supply. In about a week, we'll stop completely and she'll 'dry up' giving her (and US!!) a little rest. We're still milking Daisy and will wean Blackberry off of her in a couple of weeks and then start to milk Daisy twice a day.
Gimme a break! |
On a hugely smaller scale I experienced this today. Here is a before shot:
Weeds, weeds and more weeds |
And here is the after shot:
A nice seedbed |
As you can see there is a marked difference between the two plots and you can experience immediate gratification. Too bad everything doesn't work this way. Many times you work and work and work and don't see any benefits at all. You ever feel this way? You ask God, "God, am I on the right track here?" This is where faith comes in. If you believe in what you're doing, you persevere, you keep at it and one day, you hope to see the fruits of your labor. Sometimes, you don't see that fruit until YEARS later. Other times you never see the fruit. Sometimes you work and work and work and have total crop failure. While discouraging, you re-assess and try to learn from your mistakes and you start all over again.
In a previous post I talked about how we are raising more that crops and animals at Our Maker's Acres Family Farm, we're raising a family. We're harvesting dreams. We're preserving memories. Unlike the example of the field above, some of the gratification has taken years and years to realize. Some of the gratification we are still waiting to experience as we continue to walk in faith. While we have had our share of ups and downs, victory and defeat, joy and heartache, we're committed and we are staying the course.
Our Family |
Numbers 6:24-26
The Lord bless you, and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine on you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance on you,
And give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26
The Lord bless you, and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine on you,
And be gracious to you;
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance on you,
And give you peace.
And give you peace.
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