Sunday, February 20, 2011

It begins.

Ask me around Halloween for my opinion of farming, and I will tell you the truth of it: It is a fool’s errand and a wholly improbable enterprise, and it is a wonder any of us have anything to eat at all. Ask me again around Groundhog Day, and I will tell you another truth, that I am thankful -- even eager -- for the chance to try it one more time. I do not know whether the change in my views is due to acquired perspective or willful ignorance. What I do know is we start tomorrow, and it feels like Christmas Eve.