Well, the tractors are parked. We have finished harvest and the winter ground work. The Wheat is planted. All the furrows are pulled and the ditches are up.
Of course the work never ends on a farm, we just change gears. We began irrigating the wheat this last week. In the shop we are cleaning all the equipment. Next week we begin pruning the orchards. The pace is slower and the stakes are lower than harvest time, but there is still plenty to do.
Begging worked, the bank lent us more money to for another year. But, 2010 was brutal. It will take me three to five years to make up the loss. I probably would have been better off if I just stayed hope and left he tractors parked. Of course, buying groceries would have been difficult. This can be a tough sport. Still, I would rather be here, now, with our little problems than anywhere else at any other time in history. These may be difficult times, but we still live in the Land of the Free, thanks to the Brave.
I hope you are all getting in to the holiday spirit, in spite of the traffic at the malls.
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