10/21/2026
Fall on the farm is here.
Our busiest season by far- but it’s just that, a season, and we can see the calm around the corner.
There is still SO MUCH TO DO: Harvest. Ensuring barns are ready for the frigid temperatures that are already gracing us. Baling cornstalks for the animals. Getting equipment ready for winter. Chopping wood for the stove. Putting the gardens to sleep for the winter (or not, because often times this one doesn’t get done). And everything in between.
The work feels never ending, but without work- what would we do?!
We know many feel the weight of the shorter days and cooler temperatures. You feel the darkness looming and the term “seasonal depression” starts to fill your social newsfeeds.
There is a Nordic proverb that says something to effect of “There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.” How true. I encourage you all to prepare to get outside. Every day. Intentionally- not just a walk to your car or inside your place of work. Put on your parka, your boots, gloves and hat- and go breathe the fresh air. If the sun has graced us, close your eyes and let it shine on your face. Even if it’s only for 5 minutes.
On the farm I often channel my inner pioneer woman (not the famous one- the actual one back in the early 1900’s) during cold months. Candles. Fires. Soup. Homemade bread. Cozying up. Using the winter months for the slowing down it offers and avoiding starting new ventures or projects. Back in those days- while the work never stopped- winter was also a time to reap the benefits of warmer months of work- the growing, the picking, the canning. A time to rest, reflect and prepare your body & soul for another growing season.
So we bid farewell to the late summer evenings and start to embrace nature telling us to quiet, slow down, and rest….
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1-4
Happy Harvest Ya’ll 🧡