Year End: The Cycle Continues

Quiet on the farm this week. We have been visiting family and celebrating Christmas. It's the first time we have been all together in six years. Very nice.

We don't get white Christmases here. But, sunrise on foggy mornings are beautiful. Indy makes sure I am up and out for a walk to see it all.

Year End: The Cycle Continues

By Paul H. Betancourt

Copyright December 2012

                Ruben and I were working in the shop getting ready for cotton harvest. Harvest is the culmination of the year’s work. If you think of time in a linear fashion, harvest is the end. As we kept talking we went from preparing the equipment to picking the cotton. Then there was that look in Ruben’s eyes as we talked about what followed. After harvest we would work the ground plant and start watering the wheat. It’s a cycle---just as we finish harvest we start all over again.

            One of the things I like about farming is it is seasonal. I can tolerate the mayhem of harvest because I know after cotton harvest it will slow back down to full speed.

            This was a pretty good year at VF Farms. We’ll take a break to visit family for the holidays. Then we will crank ‘er back up for a new season. The cycle continues.

I wish Y'all the best in the New Year.

Peace on Earth, Good Food for All!